Guest guest Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Yes, if you've taken Armour for any period of time, it will take 6-8 weeks for it to clear from the CELLS, but the bloodwork might show it cleared out a bit faster. I've read this numerous places and my own experience stopping Armour bears it out, as your seems to be doing. I couldn't take ANY t3 for 1-2 weeks after stopping Armour. Kathleen > > Hi > Kathleen -is that right - that it takes 6-8 weeks for T4 to be excreted from > the body after taking Armour? I'd read T4 has a half life of about 8 to 10 > days (as per Dr Lowe and Dr Peatfield's books), so had roughly calculated > it'd take up to 20 days for it to finally go. > > Anyway, this is interesting because I've now been off Armour (having > reached 180mg daily) for 10 days but still feel VERY thyrotoxic - had afternoon > temp yesterday of 100, and as I'm supposed to now be gradually introducing low > doses of Cytomel I'm wondering when the coast will be clear re T4 and Rt3 etc. > My temps shoot up even on the tiny doses of T3 I've tried (yesterday I took a > microscopic 2mcg Cytomel to get that temp of 100) > > Anybody any thoughts? > > Louise > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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