Do I need to go back to Cytomel?

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Hi,

In January I was on 62.5 mcg generic T3 and had been on it for a while. I added

1/2 grain Armour and stayed on that until March. At that point my FT3 was 4.6

with normal range 2.3 to 4.2. I backed off to 50 mcg T3 and kept the half grain

in. After some time I slowly started reducing T3 and adding Armour back in.

Below are some recent labs.

On 04/14/2010 (after roughly 2 weeks on 1.5 NT and 37.5 T3) – morning blood draw

without meds

T3, Free 3.9 Normal 2.3-4.2

Reverse T3 10 NOrmal 11-32

On 04/26/2010 (after another 5 days on 1.5 NT/37.5 T3 then 6 days on 2 NT/25 T3)

- 2:45 PM draw had only taken morning dose of 1 grain Armour

T3, Free 3.4 Normal 2.3-4.2

Reverse T3 19 Normal 11-32

CK, Total 44 Normal 7-177

Magnesium 1.9 Normal 1.5-2.5

Potassium 5.3 Normal 3.5-5.3

Looks to me like my T3/RT3 ratio went from 39 to about 17 in a matter of 12 days

if I am doing this correctly. Does that seem right? If so, I am heading right

back to RT3 issues I think. What are your thoughts?

Do you think it would be best to just go back to Cytomel without Armour and if

so, how much would you take?

Thanks,

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