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ceepgmom wrote:

> is it 50 micrograms OR milligrams of cytomel to .200 of synthroid?

> Micrograms or milligrams? Anyone know?

Ceep,

Cytomel is usually dispensed in micrograms (millionths of a gram), and

Synthroid in milligrams (thousandths of a gram).

I take 10 mcg (0.01 mg) of Cytomel daily and 0.05 mg (50mcg) of Synthroid.

Who knows why the powers-that-be decided to do it this way... just to

confuse us (and our doctors), I guess.

B.

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Dear Brave Souls:

Yes, it is .2

Was on .175 for thirty years, but recently, unbelievable tiredness, dry, dry

skin, all the usual culprits. Body temp plummeted to 96 on fairly reg basis

then. So am at .2 now.

Thank you for your concern though. .2 and .3 are higher doses, it is true.

love,

ceep

<< Are you sure about the synthroid?? I take .125 micrograms of synthroid

(it's supposedly a very high dose according to my doctor)

Do you have a thyroid - that is a low dose next to me - I have no thyroid

and have been on .3 micrograms for almost 20 years!

>>

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Are you sure about the synthroid?? I take .125 micrograms of synthroid

(it's supposedly a very high dose according to my doctor)

(the one in Cleveland)

> ceepgmom wrote:

> > is it 50 micrograms OR milligrams of cytomel to .200 of synthroid?

> > Micrograms or milligrams? Anyone know?

>

> Ceep,

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> Cytomel is usually dispensed in micrograms (millionths of a gram), and

> Synthroid in milligrams (thousandths of a gram).

>

> I take 10 mcg (0.01 mg) of Cytomel daily and 0.05 mg (50mcg) of Synthroid.

>

> Who knows why the powers-that-be decided to do it this way... just to

> confuse us (and our doctors), I guess.

>

> B.

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Are you sure about the synthroid?? I take .125 micrograms of synthroid

(it's supposedly a very high dose according to my doctor)

Do you have a thyroid - that is a low dose next to me - I have no thyroid

and have been on .3 micrograms for almost 20 years!

Marjie

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Hi ,

Yes, I'm sure. :-)

My 0.05 mg of Synthroid is actually considered a very low dose, so I think

you probably take .125 milligrams (mg) of Synthroid -- not .125 micrograms

(mcg). Although .125 mg isn't really a high dose either ... that's a pretty

common replacement level for people with moderate hypothyoridism.

As I mentioned, it's so silly the way different meds are dispensed using

different units of measurement...it's no wonder we get confused sometimes.

B.

> Are you sure about the synthroid?? I take

> .125 micrograms of synthroid (it's supposedly

> a very high dose according to my doctor)

>

> (the one in Cleveland)

> > Cytomel is usually dispensed in micrograms

> > (millionths of a gram), and Synthroid in

> > milligrams (thousandths of a gram).

> >

> > I take 10 mcg (0.01 mg) of Cytomel daily

> > and 0.05 mg (50mcg) of Synthroid.

> >

> > Who knows why the powers-that-be decided to

> > do it this way... just to confuse us (and

> > our doctors), I guess.

> >

> > B.

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I don't take sythroid, but my dog and mother do. My little 20 lb. Dog takes

0.2 mg twice a day. I don't know what my mother takes, but it's high. I

order Sunny's from a vet pharmaceutical company, and standard dosages

available are up to 0.6 mg. THAT is high.

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Re: who takes cytomel?

Dear Brave Souls:

Yes, it is .2

Was on .175 for thirty years, but recently, unbelievable tiredness, dry, dry

skin, all the usual culprits. Body temp plummeted to 96 on fairly reg basis

then. So am at .2 now.

Thank you for your concern though. .2 and .3 are higher doses, it is true.

love,

ceep

<< Are you sure about the synthroid?? I take .125 micrograms of synthroid

(it's supposedly a very high dose according to my doctor)

Do you have a thyroid - that is a low dose next to me - I have no thyroid

and have been on .3 micrograms for almost 20 years!

>>

Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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> ceepgmom wrote:

> > is it 50 micrograms OR milligrams of cytomel to .200 of synthroid?

Micrograms or milligrams? Anyone know?

>

I currently take 125 of synthroid and 37.5 cytomel.

I have always taken the same dose of cytomel. but as for synthroid its been

as low as 1 and as high as 2. I've been hypothryoid for 19yr. twice they

have tried to take me off of it and it was disasterous!! I function better

when the dose is higher but my labs always run low and most docs freak about

the labs rather than my symptoms. I dread having to break in a new doc in

the next few months as I'm afraid they will try to lower my dosing based on

labs. I had my last doc well trained.

sue

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