Re: To take NDT or T3 as the next step?

[Guest guest]

Hi Colin,

Here's my take on this:

Most people get T4 given to them first. This is obviously a bad thing and god

knows how long it will be before either synthetic T4/T3 or NDT is given as the

first choice. However, right now T4 is usually given and most frequently the

patient is left with symptoms or just puts up with them not realising that they

are from the T4 or they may be fobbed off by their doctor that the symptoms are

due to something else such as aging!

Most people do respond to natural dessicated thyroid or T4 / T3 - as you rightly

say. The single biggest reason for going to these solutions first is that the

dosage management process for managing these options is dramatically easier than

for T3.

T3 dosage management is much harder. My book was written to attempt to provide a

working tool for doing T3 dosage management for doctors and patients but there

is no way that it is easy - it is hard work on behalf of the patient and the

doctor (if they are involved).

For a few people T3 dosage management would be beyond them because of the

complexity. Right now doctors do not know how to manage T3.

Other than that I see no reason for not going straight to T3. It works well if

managed correctly. It does have the issue with compliance that is more difficult

than T4/T3 because typically T3 will need to be taken at precise times in

precise doses and in 3-4 doses per day, whereas NDT may only need to be taken a

couple of times a day to split up the T3 content.

I don't adhere to the belief that T3 can be 'the wrong choice' in the sense that

it won't work for some people. I believe that if it doesn't work then NDT or

T4/T3 won't work either and that the reason for the T3 failure is either dosage

management done badly or some other reason that is causing the poor response.

I hope this is useful,

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Author of: Recovering with T3 My Journey from Hypothyroidism to Good Health

Using the T3 Thyroid Hormone

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thank you so much for your detailed response to my query. I hope others will

also find the information useful.

I was not aware that T3 dosing management is a lot more complex than NDT dosing.

Lots more to learn, so I shall purchase a copy of your book to gain a greater

understanding of this approach to treatment.

Colin

> T3 dosage management is much harder. My book was written to attempt to provide

a working tool for doing T3 dosage management for doctors and patients

>

> For a few people T3 dosage management would be beyond them because of the

complexity. Right now doctors do not know how to manage T3.

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> Other than that I see no reason for not going straight to T3. It works well if

managed correctly.