hyper thyroidism has become hypothyroidism- help

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i read with great interest Dr P's article on the above. a friend of mine is

taking inderal and Tapazole. I realize that inderal is a beta blocker which

seems to be ok for dr P combined with valium.

She has now become hypothyroid and put on 10 kgs, feels the cold . I think she

could reduce the inderal as it is probably too high. but i don't know what

tapazole is and if she could also reduce that. As you can imagine, we don't

really trust her doctor much.

I told her to use the pulse system( resting above 60) and the temperature( above

36.6 to adjust her own medicine.

any advice welcome

berny

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Tapazole is Methimazole or Carbimazole, its an anti thyroid drug

and yes the dosage can be lowered.

I`ve been on it a few times and it didn`t agree with me but thats

just me.

The first time I was on it I went very hypo and ended up stopping

it myself as GP said it couldn`t be lowered, he was going on my

lack of TSH but I`ve learned a lot since those days.

If her bloods are showing hypo or normal it should be reduced to

a maintenance dose or if she`s very hypo stopped for a few days

though she will need to do this through her doc.

I also found out I should`ve been having blood tests every few wks

when I was on it but that wasn`t done either so let her know that

as well.

What dosage is she on?

Hope she feels better soon.

Tess

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taking inderal and Tapazole. I realize that inderal is a beta blocker which

seems to be ok for dr P combined with valium.

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