Guest guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Val What happens if we take it right after meal?less absorbed? bw nil Re: Dosing T3 It is the same as any thyroid med. Take it an hour before or two hours after eating or you can take it sublingually to avoid the food conflicts. I usually take mine sublingually thne it doesnt; matter eating too close to dosing a I had to diose 4 tim4es a day for best results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Yes I have read it can be as high as 80% lost to digestion if taken wiht food. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 My understanding is that T3 is 95% absorbed regardless of stomach contents, empty or full. T4 however needs stomach acid. Steve wrote: > It is the same as any thyroid med. Take it an hour before or two hours > after eating or you can take it sublingually to avoid the food > conflicts. I usually take mine sublingually thne it doesnt; matter > eating too close to dosing a I had to diose 4 tim4es a day for best results. > -- Steve - dudescholar4@... Take World's Smallest Political Quiz at http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html " If a thousand old beliefs were ruined on our march to truth we must still march on. " --Stopford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 That is good news but I had nver read that before. My docs have always told me i tis the same for anything med thta food interferes with absorptin. -- Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 > My understanding is that T3 is 95% absorbed regardless of stomach > contents, empty or full. T4 however needs stomach acid. > Steve I sure hope this is the final word. I have found that I need to dose T3 more frequently than 4x a day. It is really hard to work around meals on an every 2 hrs schedule. I don't know if anyone else has found this. I tried a couple of days ago to dose less frequently and found I needed more HC. I am much more level there with smaller doses. Dorothy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 wrote: > That is good news but I had nver read that before. My docs have always > told me i tis the same for anything med thta food interferes with > absorptin. > Here is the deal on T3 and T4 absorption according to drugs.com. Just for clarity for those that are not aware, Levothyroxine is T4 and Liothyronine Sodium is T3. The information isn't as clear as I would like but with or without food, absorption of T3 appears to be 95%. The half life is also quite long compared to the multi day dosing that often is par for the course on these lists. I know I've been taking T3 three times a day but am planing to switch to twice a day over time. The half life for T3 varies depending on if one is hypo, euthyroid, or hyper with euthyroid resulting in a half life for T3 of 24 hours. http://www.drugs.com/mmx/liothyronine-sodium.html Absorption: Oral: Levothyroxine: Incomplete and variable, especially when taken with food; average 50 to 75% {13}. Liothyronine: Approximately 95% {08}. Note: Absorption may be reduced in patients with congestive heart failure, malabsorption syndromes, or diarrhea {13}. Protein binding: Very high (more than 99%), but not firmly bound {01} {08} {13}. Biotransformation: As for endogenous thyroid hormone; levothyroxine (approximately 30% {09}) is deiodinated in peripheral tissues; small amounts are metabolized in the liver and excreted in bile. Half-life: Levothyroxine: Euthyroid: 6 to 7 days. Hypothyroid: 9 to 10 days. Hyperthyroid: 3 to 4 days. Liothyronine: Euthyroid: 1 day. Hypothyroid: 1.4 days. Hyperthyroid: 0.6 day. Note: Because thyroid and thyroglobulin contain varying amounts of thyroxine and triiodothyronine, their half-lives will vary but will be somewhere between that for T 4 and T 3. Time to peak therapeutic effect With chronic stable oral dosing: Levothyroxine, thyroglobulin, thyroid: 3 to 4 weeks. Liothyronine: 48 to 72 hours {01}. -- Steve - dudescholar4@... Take World's Smallest Political Quiz at http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html " If a thousand old beliefs were ruined on our march to truth we must still march on. " --Stopford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Tell me again why you don't take your T3 sublingually or buccally? sol dorothyroeder wrote: > this is the final word. I have found that I need to dose > T3 more frequently than 4x a day. It is really hard to work around > meals on an every 2 hrs schedule. > > I don't know if anyone else has found this. I tried a couple of days > ago to dose less frequently and found I needed more HC. I am much more > level there with smaller doses. > > Dorothy > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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