RE: Re: Has anyone lobbied their MP on getting a FREE T3 TEST

[Guest guest]

I have not found this Kathleen.    I am not sure about the thyroxine raising it, but I haven't had thyroxine for years and have had Erfa and T3 yet my blood pressure has not gone down.

Could it be that the fact that when a person is hypothyroid their blood pressure goes down because of the hypothyroidism as one of the symptoms, when the hypothyroidism is treated it will go up naturally to hopefully what is normal.     It might have been your hypothyroidism giving you a false lower reading and that you really do have higher blood pressure.      The T3  does not lower my Blood Pressure.

LilianOn 25 January 2012 20:05, khgparrish@... <khgparrish@...> wrote:

 

HI NICK

What you say is odd, as my GP is aware and has even noted what T3 I am taking, so why has he not put this on the Blood tests form.

He told me that the NHS won't test for FREE T3, but next time I will stand my ground and refuse blood tests unless he does test for FREE T3.I do not take T4 as it causes BP to rise, and mine is already high enough, but T3 lowers it, so T3 it is for me.

[Guest guest]

People with hypothyroidism often present with low blood pressure

- this is one of the things that causes plaque to build up in the blood vessels

causing high cholesterol levels. Once a patient gets on the correct level of

thyroid/adrenal hormone replacement, their BP goes to normal and their

cholesterol level comes down.

Luv - Sheila

Could it be that the fact that when a person is

hypothyroid their blood pressure goes down because of the hypothyroidism as one

of the symptoms, when the hypothyroidism is treated it will go up naturally to

hopefully what is normal. It might have been your hypothyroidism

giving you a false lower reading and that you really do have higher blood

pressure. The T3 does not lower my Blood Pressure.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

I get mine tested every three months at my local NHS hospital in

North Yorkshire. No probs.

Sheila

Hi Kathleen; I get my fT3 tested through my

GP's surgery as well. He does it twice a year and the lab has never refused to

do it.

Regards

Jane

> He told me that the NHS won't test for FREE T3, but next time I will stand

my ground and refuse blood tests unless he does test for FREE T3.k

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[Guest guest]

Did they give you the chemist's contact details Kathleen? If you

do eventually get through to him, let us know his comments.

Luv - Sheila

HI SHEILA

I have just spoken to the LAB, and you are correct, and they can test for FT3.

It is up to your GP to order it.

When I mentioned that I was taking T3 which my GP does know, and I also

mentioned that I had to have this test done privatley as my GP did not have it

done.

I pointed out that surely they should be watching these levels in case I end up

taking too much of the T3.

He was going to relay me to a chemist who had more knowledge, but needless to

say he was not in his office.