Anyone using Thyrolar with success?

[Guest guest]

I recently switched from Levothroid to Thyrolar to get some

T3's. Just started two days ago and wondering if anyone else has good

results with Thyrolar.

Daryl

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/20/2002 10:17:23 AM Pacific Standard Time,

tbowring@... writes:

> Holy cow - what a difference a little t3 can make. I'm still messing

> with the dosage, but I am a different person. I can function again -

> incredible! The extreme fatigue, the bloating, even my nodules have

> gotten smaller!

>

> I really wanted armour - the 'natural' t3/t4 combo, but I had an aunt

> who had a terrible reaction to the animal byproduct. So the next

> best thing - synthetic t3/t4.

>

> I like living again. It's a miracle drug.

>

Dear TBow,

Congrats on sticking to your convictions and finding a doctor who would

listen and treat you like an intelligent person with a valid request! Isn't

T3 wonderful? I'm so glad you're feeling better!

in LA

[Guest guest]

> I recently switched from Levothroid to Thyrolar

> Daryl

Hi, Daryl and anyone else out there who doesn't feel 'right' on

Synthroid.

I recently switched from Synthroid to Thyrolar. I had done extensive

research on both t4 and t3, and after taking Synthroid (only t4) and

feeling better only to feel worse (good for 2 weeks, then worse than

ever),I rallied my docs to switch me. My endo wouldn't, my ENT (who

biopsied my thyroid nodules) wouldn't. I finally went back to my GP,

and told him what I discovered from my research - that I thought I

wasn't converting t4 to t3. This was over the phone - he grabbed a

textbook (hadn't heard of thyrolar) and agreed to let me try it (it

is THYROID medicine after all - not narcotics or something! It is so

darn ridiculous that docs refuse to try a med that can't do anything

but help, AND they can monitor the affects!)

Holy cow - what a difference a little t3 can make. I'm still messing

with the dosage, but I am a different person. I can function again -

incredible! The extreme fatigue, the bloating, even my nodules have

gotten smaller!

I really wanted armour - the 'natural' t3/t4 combo, but I had an aunt

who had a terrible reaction to the animal byproduct. So the next

best thing - synthetic t3/t4.

I like living again. It's a miracle drug.

[Guest guest]

Hi there...i have had a total thyroidectomy due to cancer and my docs put me on

synthroid...I hate it..it has made my pulse go way up...112 resting...we have

done the ekgs and stress tests so nothing is wrong with my heart, it is the med

but the docs dont like to change things and so I am stuck until I can get some

insurance.(I was laid off a few months ago, so I am really at the mercy of the

docs I have now since they say they will treat me for free)I wanted to try

Thyrolar too...and as soon as I get another doc that will be willing to try it

..why is it that these doctors know very little about meds other than

synthroid???I am glad to hear that Thyrolar is working well for someone...what

is the reason you take it?(if i may ask)and how much did you start with? Much

luck to you in great health...

blakesmum_2000 <tbowring@...> wrote:

> I recently switched from Levothroid to Thyrolar

> Daryl

Hi, Daryl and anyone else out there who doesn't feel 'right' on

Synthroid.

I recently switched from Synthroid to Thyrolar. I had done extensive

research on both t4 and t3, and after taking Synthroid (only t4) and

feeling better only to feel worse (good for 2 weeks, then worse than

ever),I rallied my docs to switch me. My endo wouldn't, my ENT (who

biopsied my thyroid nodules) wouldn't. I finally went back to my GP,

and told him what I discovered from my research - that I thought I

wasn't converting t4 to t3. This was over the phone - he grabbed a

textbook (hadn't heard of thyrolar) and agreed to let me try it (it

is THYROID medicine after all - not narcotics or something! It is so

darn ridiculous that docs refuse to try a med that can't do anything

but help, AND they can monitor the affects!)

Holy cow - what a difference a little t3 can make. I'm still messing

with the dosage, but I am a different person. I can function again -

incredible! The extreme fatigue, the bloating, even my nodules have

gotten smaller!

I really wanted armour - the 'natural' t3/t4 combo, but I had an aunt

who had a terrible reaction to the animal byproduct. So the next

best thing - synthetic t3/t4.

I like living again. It's a miracle drug.

[Guest guest]

Hi Daryl,

Werer you told have a total throdecomy you just took the drug and walked away

and feel ok. So was I .

I found that it took months to get use to it. The best advice I would give is

take a small dose ie 50mcr perday then when you feel ok up this slowly.

I was told by patients that it take up to Six months to get use to this med and

the body. I would say a year.

C UK?

> Hi there...i have had a total thyroidectomy due to cancer and my docs put me

on synthroid...I hate it..it has made my pulse go way up...112 resting...we have

done the ekgs and stress tests so nothing is wrong with my heart, it is the med

but the docs dont like to change things and so I am stuck until I can get some

insurance.(I was laid off a few months ago, so I am really at the mercy of the

docs I have now since they say they will treat me for free)I wanted to try

Thyrolar too...and as soon as I get another doc that will be willing to try it

..why is it that these doctors know very little about meds other than

synthroid???I am glad to hear that Thyrolar is working well for someone...what

is the reason you take it?(if i may ask)and how much did you start with? Much

luck to you in great health...

> blakesmum_2000 <tbowring@...> wrote:

> > I recently switched from Levothroid to Thyrolar

> > Daryl

>

>

> Hi, Daryl and anyone else out there who doesn't feel 'right' on

> Synthroid.

>

> I recently switched from Synthroid to Thyrolar. I had done extensive

> research on both t4 and t3, and after taking Synthroid (only t4) and

> feeling better only to feel worse (good for 2 weeks, then worse than

> ever),I rallied my docs to switch me. My endo wouldn't, my ENT (who

> biopsied my thyroid nodules) wouldn't. I finally went back to my GP,

> and told him what I discovered from my research - that I thought I

> wasn't converting t4 to t3. This was over the phone - he grabbed a

> textbook (hadn't heard of thyrolar) and agreed to let me try it (it

> is THYROID medicine after all - not narcotics or something! It is so

> darn ridiculous that docs refuse to try a med that can't do anything

> but help, AND they can monitor the affects!)

>

> Holy cow - what a difference a little t3 can make. I'm still messing

> with the dosage, but I am a different person. I can function again -

> incredible! The extreme fatigue, the bloating, even my nodules have

> gotten smaller!

>

> I really wanted armour - the 'natural' t3/t4 combo, but I had an aunt

> who had a terrible reaction to the animal byproduct. So the next

> best thing - synthetic t3/t4.

>

> I like living again. It's a miracle drug.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

what is the reason you take it?(if i may ask)and how much did you

start with?

Hi, -

I started feeling really bad around March of this year. My hair

started coming out, I was exhausted (almost incoherent - my short

term memory was SHOT), and I started to feel really bloated. I also

thought I had developed reflux (everytime I swallowed, I felt

something rise in my throat - I thought it was acid). Side note - I

work in the telecom industry and have witnessed 4 layoffs within my

company this year. It has been very stressful, and I thought that

maybe my symptoms were due to stress. I went in for a physical, and

the doc discovered a big (>3 cm) nodule on my thyroid (hence the

trouble swallowing). He did bloodwork and my numbers were close

enough to normal range (albeit the low range) that he did not

prescribe anything. He sent me to an ENT to have the nodules

biopsied (this is after I had the ultrasound and radioactive scan).

It was the ENT who decided to give me Synthroid, mostly because I

complained multiple times of not being able to function (he did not

think my numbers warranted any meds). I was then sent to an endo

(who was a total a$$hole, saying that my symptoms were all in my

head) for further biopsies. He warned against my taking the

Synthroid, but I started it anyway and felt great for about 2 weeks

(the first few times I took I felt like what has been described here

as a thyroid storm - symptoms stronger than ever). After 1 week of

synthroid, my neck and back started killing me (but my mind became

clearer). I was trading symptoms for symptoms (I felt like I had

acquired fibro). I started researching, and discovered that if the

T4 (synthroid/levo) works and then doesn't, and higher dosage doesn't

improve things, that it could that a body isn't converting the T4 to

T3. That's when I called the ENT (the one who had originally

prescribed the Syn) and asked for Thyrolar. He refused, saying he

didn't know anything about it, and that I should talk to the endo. I

finally went back to my GP, and provided the info I had found on the

internet, and he was willing to try it.

I still have days (around my cycle) where my symptoms appear, but not

ever as strong as before. Those days I give myself a break, and take

extra C (upwards of 3k mg) and calcium. I'm also taking 5000 mcg of

B12, which seems to improve my ability to sleep better and wake up

more rested.

I think in my case that there is a relationship between stress, the

nodule (which after being biopsied 11X (!!!) - still comes back as

inconclusive for cancer) and my hypo. I also believe that there's a

relationship between hypo and candida (which has been debilitating

for me in the past).

I take Thyrolar 1 (it's basically the mid dosage). I was taking .5

of synthroid before (a really low dose). Too much T4 even in that

dose.

I feel like a different person. I also feel like I lost 6 months of

my life this year. I'm angry with the med profession, but I also

know that persistence pays.

I haven't gone back for a bloodtest - and I'm not sure if I want to.

I know how I feel now (great), but I don't want my numbers (prob

close to normal) to prompt the doc not to refill my script (I did get

a 6 month script - but I worry all the same). He's a good doc, but I

never want to go back to the way I was feeling.