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Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM

Hi everyone.If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills you need in a given month or to help your doc know how to write your prescription when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can use that my husband has created for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in the accounting dept. his job has him having to make spread sheets to calculate how many doses of a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know how many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to calculate your amounts.The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing every 3 days. then it adds up the total number of pills per month. The doc then divides that into equal amounts to write the prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses each day but not every dose was the same amount.

But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that the number of pills would be able to be divided evenly. This post from the group will not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the file in a reply to my own post.You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your individual amounts/dosage. My husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation starting at 125mcg. Sharon

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Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my brain trying to calculate how many pills to

order!

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> From: Sharon

> Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheet

> To: RT3_T3

> Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM

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> Â

>

>

>

> Hi everyone.

>

> If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills you need in a

given month or to help your doc know how to write your prescription when you are

upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you

can use that my husband has created for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in

the accounting dept. his job has him having to make spread sheets to calculate

how many doses of a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this

knowledge to make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know

how many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to calculate

your amounts.

>

> The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing every 3 days.

then it adds up the total number of pills per month. The doc then divides that

into equal amounts to write the prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses

each day but not every dose was the same amount. But for the script he wrote 4

times a day so that the number of pills would be able to be divided evenly. This

post from the group will not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the

file in a reply to my own post.

>

> You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your individual

amounts/dosage. My husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation starting at

125mcg.

> Sharon

>

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Here is the next spread sheet. The calculation is for increasing by 6.25 every 3 days. I am assuming I will not need to go this high before clearing and then will have to drop back and decrease. But I am at 131.25 at the 7th week and still low temps (but steady) and pulse. For me it makes sense to have the 30 days prescription have more pills than i need since I pay a co-pay each time. so I pay the same no matter how many pills I get. I am still getting the 25 mcg pills since they are easier to cut into 6.25 quarters for the slow increases. I tried going 4 days at 125 mcg (I am doing 5 doses per day) and by the 3rd day temps dip a little.

It looks like I will reach the end of the 12th week around Oct. 7th.

I hope that these spread sheets are helpful. If you download the attachment and open it in microsoft excell you should be able to change the amounts to suit your needs.

Sharon

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Subject: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:15 AM

Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my brain trying to calculate how many pills to order!> > > > Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheet> To: RT3_T3 > Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM> > > Â > > > > Hi everyone.> > If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills you need in a given month or to help your doc know how to write your prescription when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can use that my husband has created for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in the accounting dept. his job has him having to make spread sheets to calculate how many doses of a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know how many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to calculate your amounts.> > The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing every 3 days. then it

adds up the total number of pills per month. The doc then divides that into equal amounts to write the prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses each day but not every dose was the same amount. But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that the number of pills would be able to be divided evenly. This post from the group will not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the file in a reply to my own post.> > You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your individual amounts/dosage. My husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation starting at 125mcg. > Sharon>

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Here is the next spread sheet. The calculation is for increasing by 6.25 every 3 days. I am assuming I will not need to go this high before clearing and then will have to drop back and decrease. But I am at 131.25 at the 7th week and still low temps (but steady) and pulse. For me it makes sense to have the 30 days prescription have more pills than i need since I pay a co-pay each time. so I pay the same no matter how many pills I get. I am still getting the 25 mcg pills since they are easier to cut into 6.25 quarters for the slow increases. I tried going 4 days at 125 mcg (I am doing 5 doses per day) and by the 3rd day temps dip a little.

It looks like I will reach the end of the 12th week around Oct. 7th.

I hope that these spread sheets are helpful. If you download the attachment and open it in microsoft excell you should be able to change the amounts to suit your needs.

Sharon

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Subject: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:15 AM

Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my brain trying to calculate how many pills to order!> > > > Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheet> To: RT3_T3 > Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM> > > Â > > > > Hi everyone.> > If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills you need in a given month or to help your doc know how to write your prescription when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can use that my husband has created for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in the accounting dept. his job has him having to make spread sheets to calculate how many doses of a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know how many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to calculate your amounts.> > The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing every 3 days. then it

adds up the total number of pills per month. The doc then divides that into equal amounts to write the prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses each day but not every dose was the same amount. But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that the number of pills would be able to be divided evenly. This post from the group will not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the file in a reply to my own post.> > You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your individual amounts/dosage. My husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation starting at 125mcg. > Sharon>

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Here is the next spread sheet. The calculation is for increasing by 6.25 every 3 days. I am assuming I will not need to go this high before clearing and then will have to drop back and decrease. But I am at 131.25 at the 7th week and still low temps (but steady) and pulse. For me it makes sense to have the 30 days prescription have more pills than i need since I pay a co-pay each time. so I pay the same no matter how many pills I get. I am still getting the 25 mcg pills since they are easier to cut into 6.25 quarters for the slow increases. I tried going 4 days at 125 mcg (I am doing 5 doses per day) and by the 3rd day temps dip a little.

It looks like I will reach the end of the 12th week around Oct. 7th.

I hope that these spread sheets are helpful. If you download the attachment and open it in microsoft excell you should be able to change the amounts to suit your needs.

Sharon

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Subject: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:15 AM

Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my brain trying to calculate how many pills to order!> > > > Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheet> To: RT3_T3 > Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM> > > Â > > > > Hi everyone.> > If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills you need in a given month or to help your doc know how to write your prescription when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can use that my husband has created for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in the accounting dept. his job has him having to make spread sheets to calculate how many doses of a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know how many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to calculate your amounts.> > The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing every 3 days. then it

adds up the total number of pills per month. The doc then divides that into equal amounts to write the prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses each day but not every dose was the same amount. But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that the number of pills would be able to be divided evenly. This post from the group will not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the file in a reply to my own post.> > You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your individual amounts/dosage. My husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation starting at 125mcg. > Sharon>

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Thank you Val!!! That was a very good, concise explanation of what is really going on! I was wondering all along if it was/wasn't actually the length of time that the T4 was suppressed, not the amount of T3 we were taking in that gets us to clearing. Seems to be that it takes 12-14 weeks to clear with the T4 suppression, not getting to a certain dosage to clear. This helps sooooo much! Thank you again.From:

T To: RT3_T3 Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 5:27:50 AMSubject: Re: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheet

I do nto think ANYONE needs ot go over 75-80mcg T3 by the 6-7 week

point. Gpoing way too high will only cuse adrenal stress as it wil

lpool whne you have high RT3 still. You cannot push more T3 into the

cells until the Rt3 reduces so the first 4-6 weeks all you are

tryingto do is supress T4 and thus RT3 production., You are not ABLE

to getunhypo at that poitn so more T3 is NOT a good thing to do

then. The 6.25mcg raises are fine until you get to a 75-100mcg dose

then oyu really need to be judiciouos in raising it as it wil be

pooling and htus building WAY high inthe blood. This accomplished

nothing and will not get rid of RT3 faster. It can also cause

adrenla stress which we certianly do nto need more of.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.com http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ http://faqhelp.webs.com/ http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/ http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/ http://artisticgrooming.net/

Here is the next

spread sheet. The calculation is for increasing by

6.25 every 3 days. I am assuming I will not need to go

this high before clearing and then will have to drop

back and decrease. But I am at 131.25 at the 7th week

and still low temps (but steady) and pulse. For me it

makes sense to have the 30 days prescription have more

pills than i need since I pay a co-pay each time. so I

pay the same no matter how many pills I get. I am

still getting the 25 mcg pills since they are easier

to cut into 6.25 quarters for the slow increases. I

tried going 4 days at 125 mcg (I am doing 5 doses per

day) and by the 3rd day temps dip a little.

It looks like I will

reach the end of the 12th week around Oct. 7th.

I hope that these

spread sheets are helpful. If you download the

attachment and open it in microsoft excell you should

be able to change the amounts to suit your needs.

Sharon

Remember!

Dolls are people, too....have you hugged your dolls

today?

Visit my website! http://ohyoubeautifuldoll.webs.com/

Subject: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheet

To: RT3_T3

Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:15 AM

Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my brain

trying to calculate how many pills to order!

>

>

>

> Subject: A dosing calculation spread

sheet

> To: RT3_T3

> Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM

>

>

> Â

>

>

>

> Hi everyone.

>

> If anyone else has had trouble with figuring

out how many pills you need in a given month or to

help your doc know how to write your prescription

when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5

every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can

use that my husband has created for me. He works

for a pharmasudical firm in the accounting dept.

his job has him having to make spread sheets to

calculate how many doses of a medicine will be

made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to

make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc

so he would know how many pills to write the

script for. you can use this as a model to

calculate your amounts.

>

> The spread sheet figures out the max amount

based on increasing every 3 days. then it adds up

the total number of pills per month. The doc then

divides that into equal amounts to write the

prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses

each day but not every dose was the same amount.

But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that

the number of pills would be able to be divided

evenly. This post from the group will not allow me

to make an attachment so i will attach the file in

a reply to my own post.

>

> You can adapt the calculation based on this

model to suit your individual amounts/dosage. My

husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation

starting at 125mcg.

> Sharon

>

[Guest guest]

That makes sense Val. I am not planning to raise as high as the spread sheet calculation. That is intedned more as a mathmatical calculation and not a dosing amount recommendation. I am going by what the temps/pulse indicate and keeping in mind the info on Nick's site. He stated that most people end up at about 75 to 125 mcg after clearance and that if one has raised to twice that before clearance to aleviate hypo symptoms they may need to drop back suddenly when clearance occurs. My temps and pulse are low and stable. At week 8 I am taking 125 mcg in 5 doses. My temps are in the mid 97s and my resting pulse in the high 70's to low 80's. I was on 5 grains NDT before starting T3 only which would have had me starting at 50 mcg as per Nicks conversion chart. i started at 25 and raised slowly to make it easier on my adrenals. So are you thinking that I am on too high a dose at 125 mcg at 8 weeks? I know to watch for temps

dipping as a sign that adrenals are taxed.

Thank you,

Sharon

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Subject: Re: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 6:27 AM

I do nto think ANYONE needs ot go over 75-80mcg T3 by the 6-7 week point. Gpoing way too high will only cuse adrenal stress as it wil lpool whne you have high RT3 still. You cannot push more T3 into the cells until the Rt3 reduces so the first 4-6 weeks all you are tryingto do is supress T4 and thus RT3 production., You are not ABLE to getunhypo at that poitn so more T3 is NOT a good thing to do then. The 6.25mcg raises are fine until you get to a 75-100mcg dose then oyu really need to be judiciouos in raising it as it wil be pooling and htus building WAY high inthe blood. This accomplished nothing and will not get rid of RT3 faster. It can also cause adrenla stress which we certianly do nto need more of.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.com http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://faqhelp.webs.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

http://artisticgrooming.net/

Here is the next spread sheet. The calculation is for increasing by 6.25 every 3 days. I am assuming I will not need to go this high before clearing and then will have to drop back and decrease. But I am at 131.25 at the 7th week and still low temps (but steady) and pulse. For me it makes sense to have the 30 days prescription have more pills than i need since I pay a co-pay each time. so I pay the same no matter how many pills I get. I am still getting the 25 mcg pills since they are easier to cut into 6.25 quarters for the slow increases. I tried going 4 days at 125 mcg (I am doing 5 doses per day) and by the 3rd day temps dip a little.

It looks like I will reach the end of the 12th week around Oct. 7th.

I hope that these spread sheets are helpful. If you download the attachment and open it in microsoft excell you should be able to change the amounts to suit your needs.

Sharon

Remember! Dolls are people, too....have you hugged your dolls today?

Visit my website! http://ohyoubeautifuldoll.webs.com---

Subject: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:15 AM

Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my brain trying to calculate how many pills to order!>

> > > Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheet> To: RT3_T3 > Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM> > > Â > > > > Hi everyone.> > If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills you need in a given month or to help your doc know how to write your prescription when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can use that my husband has created for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in the accounting dept. his job has him having to make spread sheets to

calculate how many doses of a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know how many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to calculate your amounts.> > The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing every 3 days. then it adds up the total number of pills per month. The doc then divides that into equal amounts to write the prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses each day but not every dose was the same amount. But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that the number of pills would be able to be divided evenly. This post from the group will not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the file in a reply to my own post.> > You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your individual amounts/dosage. My husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation starting at 125mcg.

> Sharon>

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Probably not to o high unless oyu feel very unbalanced. It si almosta

toxic feelign when it is too high and your body cna't utilize it.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.org/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://www.faqhelp.webs.com/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

That makes sense Val.

I am not planning to raise as high as the spread sheet calculation.

That is intedned more as a mathmatical calculation and not a dosing

amount recommendation. I am going by what the temps/pulse indicate and

keeping in mind the info on Nick's site. He stated that most people end

up at about 75 to 125 mcg after clearance and that if one has raised to

twice that before clearance to aleviate hypo symptoms they may need to

drop back suddenly when clearance occurs. My temps and pulse are low

and stable. At week 8 I am taking 125 mcg in 5 doses. My temps are in

the mid 97s and my resting pulse in the high 70's to low 80's. I was on

5 grains NDT before starting T3 only which would have had me starting

at 50 mcg as per Nicks conversion chart. i started at 25 and raised

slowly to make it easier on my adrenals. So are you thinking that I am

on too high a dose at 125 mcg at 8 weeks? I know to watch for temps

dipping as a sign that adrenals are taxed.

 

Thank you,

Sharon

Remember!

Dolls are people, too....have you hugged your dolls today?

Visit my website! http://ohyoubeautifuldoll.webs.com

Subject: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheet

To: RT3_T3

Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:15 AM

 

Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my

brain trying to calculate how many pills to order!

>

>

>

> Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheet

> To: RT3_T3

> Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM

>

>

> Â

>

>

>

> Hi everyone.

>

> If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills

you need in a given month or to help your doc know how to write your

prescription when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3

to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can use that my husband has created

for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in the accounting dept. his

job has him having to make spread sheets to calculate how many doses of

a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to

make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know how

many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to

calculate your amounts.

>

> The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing

every 3 days. then it adds up the total number of pills per month. The

doc then divides that into equal amounts to write the prescription. For

example: I was taking 5 doses each day but not every dose was the same

amount. But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that the number of

pills would be able to be divided evenly. This post from the group will

not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the file in a reply

to my own post.

>

> You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your

individual amounts/dosage. My husband is about to make me a 2nd

calculation starting at 125mcg.

> Sharon

>

[Guest guest]

OK. No, I feel pretty good. Much better than before T3 and better than when the dose was lower. Certainly not as good as when I was optimized before the RT3. Can't wait for clearance! I was thinking i was going to hit the end of week 12 oct 7th but I checked the dates again and the end of my 12th week will be sept 30. Ridiculous how that 1 week earlier made me more hopeful. I know it isn't an exact thing on when it will happen, still nice to know it might be sooner. Thanks for all you do for us!

Sharon

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Subject: Re: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 1:15 PM

Probably not to o high unless oyu feel very unbalanced. It si almosta toxic feelign when it is too high and your body cna't utilize it.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.org/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://www.faqhelp.webs.com/

http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

That makes sense Val. I am not planning to raise as high as the spread sheet calculation. That is intedned more as a mathmatical calculation and not a dosing amount recommendation. I am going by what the temps/pulse indicate and keeping in mind the info on Nick's site. He stated that most people end up at about 75 to 125 mcg after clearance and that if one has raised to twice that before clearance to aleviate hypo symptoms they may need to drop back suddenly when clearance occurs. My temps and pulse are low and stable. At week 8 I am taking 125 mcg in 5 doses. My temps are in the mid 97s and my resting pulse in the high 70's to low 80's. I was on 5 grains NDT before starting T3 only which would have had me starting at 50 mcg as per Nicks conversion chart. i started at 25 and raised slowly to make it easier on my adrenals. So are you thinking that I am on too high a dose at 125 mcg at 8 weeks? I know to watch for temps

dipping as a sign that adrenals are taxed.

Thank you,

Sharon

Remember! Dolls are people, too....have you hugged your dolls today?

Visit my website! http://ohyoubeautifuldoll.webs.com---

Subject: Re: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 6:27 AM

I do nto think ANYONE needs ot go over 75-80mcg T3 by the 6-7 week point. Gpoing way too high will only cuse adrenal stress as it wil lpool whne you have high RT3 still. You cannot push more T3 into the cells until the Rt3 reduces so the first 4-6 weeks all you are tryingto do is supress T4 and thus RT3 production., You are not ABLE to getunhypo at that poitn so more T3 is NOT a good thing to do then. The 6.25mcg raises are fine until you get to a 75-100mcg dose then oyu really need to be judiciouos in raising it as it wil be pooling and htus building WAY high inthe blood. This accomplished nothing and will not get rid of RT3 faster. It can also cause adrenla stress which we certianly do nto need more of.

http://www.nthadrenalsweb.com http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

http://faqhelp.webs.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

http://artisticgrooming.net/

Here is the next spread sheet. The calculation is for increasing by 6.25 every 3 days. I am assuming I will not need to go this high before clearing and then will have to drop back and decrease. But I am at 131.25 at the 7th week and still low temps (but steady) and pulse. For me it makes sense to have the 30 days prescription have more pills than i need since I pay a co-pay each time. so I pay the same no matter how many pills I get. I am still getting the 25 mcg pills since they are easier to cut into 6.25 quarters for the slow increases. I tried going 4 days at 125 mcg (I am doing 5 doses per day) and by the 3rd day temps dip a little.

It looks like I will reach the end of the 12th week around Oct. 7th.

I hope that these spread sheets are helpful. If you download the attachment and open it in microsoft excell you should be able to change the amounts to suit your needs.

Sharon

Remember! Dolls are people, too....have you hugged your dolls today?

Visit my website! http://ohyoubeautifuldoll.webs.com---

Subject: Re: A dosing calculation spread sheetTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:15 AM

Thanks Sharon! No more spraining my brain trying to calculate how many pills to order!> > > > Subject: A dosing calculation spread sheet> To: RT3_T3 > Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 10:26 PM> > > Â > > > > Hi everyone.> > If anyone else has had trouble with figuring out how many pills you need in a given month or to help your doc know how to write your prescription when you are upping your T3 dose by 6.25 or 12.5 every 3 to 7 days I have a spread sheet you can use that my husband has created for me. He works for a pharmasudical firm in

the accounting dept. his job has him having to make spread sheets to calculate how many doses of a medicine will be made from a given batch. he used this knowledge to make me a spread sheet which i passed on to my doc so he would know how many pills to write the script for. you can use this as a model to calculate your amounts.> > The spread sheet figures out the max amount based on increasing every 3 days. then it adds up the total number of pills per month. The doc then divides that into equal amounts to write the prescription. For example: I was taking 5 doses each day but not every dose was the same amount. But for the script he wrote 4 times a day so that the number of pills would be able to be divided evenly. This post from the group will not allow me to make an attachment so i will attach the file in a reply to my own post.> > You can adapt the calculation based on this model to suit your individual amounts/dosage. My

husband is about to make me a 2nd calculation starting at 125mcg. > Sharon>