Re: Just got labs back

[Guest guest]

You need more of both T3 and T4. I think you figured out that you need to decide which way you want to go and then find a doc who prescribes what you want. If you check our list, there are not very many docs on both the Armour and the synthetic T3 parts of the list. Refresh my memory as to your location, and I may come up with some ideas. In the DFW area, Launius, Mahoney, and Owens will Rx any thyroid med you may want or need. South of Houston, there is Hansen and Hartig. I like my Armour plus Lannett levothyroxine. Not all of the docs who Rx

Armour will do the combination. wrote: Hi everyone, I was hoping that I could get some advise on my labs. I am currently taking 125 mcg of levothyroxine and 5 mcg of Cytomel once a day. I just got put on the cytomel about 6 weeks ago. My TSH 6 weeks ago was 2.1 range(.5 - 5.5)*no FT3 or FT4My current labs areTSH .7 range(.5 - 5.5)FT4 1.02 range(.7 - 1.76)FT3 2.5 range(2.3 - 4.2)I am still exhausted and have unrefreshed sleep even though I use a CPAP machine at night. She did start me on cytomel but now that my TSH is on the lower end, she says that thats all the adjustments she inclined to do. I know, I know, I need to change

doctors. I have finally seen the light. So I will be aggressively doctor shopping from now on. I guess my main question is, should I get a new doc to increase the synthroid or cytomel, or should I just try and get on Armour instead? Thanks,

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I am in the same neck of the woods as , the Angleton/Lake

area, south of Houston. There is a GP on the " Doctors who prescribe

Armour " website by the name of Dr. Resnick in Lake . Have you

or anyone else heard anything about him? I also thought I would

maybe try the OB/GYN Dr. Cook that I read that has

mentioned.

I would like to keep a GP local, but am open to going to Houston area

for any other type doc.

The real problem is, as I see it, is I have an EPO which is just like

an HMO. And I think my doctor is getting pressured from the

insurance company into limiting testing etc.

Thanks for any input,

> Hi everyone, I was hoping that I could get some advise on my

labs. I

> am currently taking 125 mcg of levothyroxine and 5 mcg of Cytomel

> once a day. I just got put on the cytomel about 6 weeks ago.

>

> My TSH 6 weeks ago was 2.1 range(.5 - 5.5)*no FT3 or FT4

>

> My current labs are

> TSH .7 range(.5 - 5.5)

> FT4 1.02 range(.7 - 1.76)

> FT3 2.5 range(2.3 - 4.2)

>

> I am still exhausted and have unrefreshed sleep even though I use a

> CPAP machine at night. She did start me on cytomel but now that my

> TSH is on the lower end, she says that thats all the adjustments

she

> inclined to do.

>

> I know, I know, I need to change doctors. I have finally seen the

> light. So I will be aggressively doctor shopping from now on.

>

> I guess my main question is, should I get a new doc to increase the

> synthroid or cytomel, or should I just try and get on Armour

> instead?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I can get a thyroid sono for under $200 cash if your insurance won't pay.

Yet another reason more docs are telling the insurance companies to

take a hike.

-- In Texas_Thyroid_Groups , Jan

wrote:

>

> Even with PPOs, the docs are getting pressure. My internist has now

" decided " that thyroid sonograms for me are " not medically necessary. "

I am a thyroid cancer survivor. . . .

>

> I have heard nothing about a Dr. Resnick. Just because a doc

prescribes Armour does not mean that he will keep you adequately

medicated.

>

> wrote:

> I am in the same neck of the woods as , the Angleton/Lake

> area, south of Houston. There is a GP on the " Doctors who prescribe

> Armour " website by the name of Dr. Resnick in Lake . Have you

> or anyone else heard anything about him? I also thought I would

> maybe try the OB/GYN Dr. Cook that I read that has

> mentioned.

> I would like to keep a GP local, but am open to going to Houston area

> for any other type doc.

> The real problem is, as I see it, is I have an EPO which is just like

> an HMO. And I think my doctor is getting pressured from the

> insurance company into limiting testing etc.

>

> Thanks for any input,

>

>

>

> > Hi everyone, I was hoping that I could get some advise on my

> labs. I

> > am currently taking 125 mcg of levothyroxine and 5 mcg of Cytomel

> > once a day. I just got put on the cytomel about 6 weeks ago.

> >

> > My TSH 6 weeks ago was 2.1 range(.5 - 5.5)*no FT3 or FT4

> >

> > My current labs are

> > TSH .7 range(.5 - 5.5)

> > FT4 1.02 range(.7 - 1.76)

> > FT3 2.5 range(2.3 - 4.2)

> >

> > I am still exhausted and have unrefreshed sleep even though I use a

> > CPAP machine at night. She did start me on cytomel but now that my

> > TSH is on the lower end, she says that thats all the adjustments

> she

> > inclined to do.

> >

> > I know, I know, I need to change doctors. I have finally seen the

> > light. So I will be aggressively doctor shopping from now on.

> >

> > I guess my main question is, should I get a new doc to increase the

> > synthroid or cytomel, or should I just try and get on Armour

> > instead?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

Your Free's are very low. I personally would use Armour. But, yes you

need a new doctor!

Kate

At 11:22 PM 4/7/2006, you wrote:

>Hi everyone, I was hoping that I could get some advise on my labs. I

>am currently taking 125 mcg of levothyroxine and 5 mcg of Cytomel

>once a day. I just got put on the cytomel about 6 weeks ago.

>

>My TSH 6 weeks ago was 2.1 range(.5 - 5.5)*no FT3 or FT4

>

>My current labs are

>TSH .7 range(.5 - 5.5)

>FT4 1.02 range(.7 - 1.76)

>FT3 2.5 range(2.3 - 4.2)

>

>I am still exhausted and have unrefreshed sleep even though I use a

>CPAP machine at night. She did start me on cytomel but now that my

>TSH is on the lower end, she says that thats all the adjustments she

>inclined to do.

>

>I know, I know, I need to change doctors. I have finally seen the

>light. So I will be aggressively doctor shopping from now on.

>

>I guess my main question is, should I get a new doc to increase the

>synthroid or cytomel, or should I just try and get on Armour

>instead?

>

>Thanks,

>