Re: 3rd follow up with Dr. Spurlock

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Does nyone know if this stuff raises TSH? My doctor wants me to loose another

7-8 pounds due to my high fasting blood sugar (104) but I don't want to raise my

TSH since she is so concerned about mine beig too high.

Suzanne

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> > > > > I, too, had jitters about starting the Cytomel, but have had no

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> > > > > increasing to 25 mcg rather quickly. I do take it with food, so that

> > > > > slows down the absorption. I also divide it into three doses.

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> > > > > I will stay at this dose for 6-8 weeks, so that we can have accurate

> > > > > Free T4 and TSH levels. As a thyca patient, I am also concerned

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> > > > > possibly coming out if suppression in the process. We last saw a

> > > > > measurable TSH when I was on 225 mcg of $ynthroid.

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