Synthroid dosage

[Guest guest]

Hi, folks,

I just got some Synthroid tablets from a friend who has gone off them. I

have had hypo symptoms for months, but have tested in the normal range and

so have been unable to get endos (previous or new) to even entertain the

idea that something could be wrong. I've never taken replacement hormone.

Are these .05mg tablets a low dose, as I suspect? In general, is there

anything else that I should know about them that you folks can think of? I

seem to recall that this is T4 only, and doesn't work well for everyone?

My latest lab results should be at the (new) endo's by tomorrow. I'm not

going to do anything with the tablets till after I have those, and get some

info here.

Thanks for giving such great support and info here,

Jill

[Guest guest]

Hi Jill -

Those are low dosage, but not the lowerst. I believe Pam L. takes the lowest

dosage, which is .025 mg. Synthroid is T4 only. So if you do consider using

them, you may want to consider half of one at first. There are guidelines

associated with when you should take the Synthroid. I can't remember

specifically - things like take it an hour before or 2 hours after eating,

don't take it with grapefruit, etc. Lots of improtant stuff. There is a

synthroid home page at www.synthroid.com which should give you this info.

You can download the info, but you need Adobe Acrobat to read it.

I for one am certainly not going to chastise you for maybe trying this, as

it's something I have considered myself. My TSH goes up above 2 in the

winter and my FT4 has been borderline low for 2 years now. I finally got a

doc who's on board with trying it, even if she is reluctant. But I'm still

waiting for labwork, too. Two important guidelines if you are going to do

this woudl be to start _slow_ with it and get your levels checked

frequently. You DON'T want the TSH to go below normal range. I've just been

doing the research on this myself, because my doc's one fear is that the

replacement T4 will cause me more bone loss (something I can't afford).

However, in the journal articles I've found, as long as the T4 is in normal

range, there is no increased risk of bone loss.

Another thing you may consider is trying a doctor who is not an endo. Endo I

tried wouldn't even consider the fact that something might be wrong (said it

was " all in my head " ). New doc is a DO and she's actually internal medicine.

I've found I've had better luck with DO's. They're a little more willing to

think outside the norm and look at the " whole patient " . She is so far the

first to consider trying T4.

Good luck! If you do try it, I'd be anxious to hear how it works for you,

since I may be in the same boat soon!

Synthroid dosage

> Hi, folks,

> I just got some Synthroid tablets from a friend who has gone off them. I

> have had hypo symptoms for months, but have tested in the normal range and

> so have been unable to get endos (previous or new) to even entertain the

> idea that something could be wrong. I've never taken replacement hormone.

> Are these .05mg tablets a low dose, as I suspect? In general, is there

> anything else that I should know about them that you folks can think of? I

> seem to recall that this is T4 only, and doesn't work well for everyone?

>

> My latest lab results should be at the (new) endo's by tomorrow. I'm not

> going to do anything with the tablets till after I have those, and get

some

> info here.

> Thanks for giving such great support and info here,

> Jill

>

>

>

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