Guest guest Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Val, Ed makes a good point here. Will iron supplement taken within 4 hours of taking T3 keep it from working? >> > > Since you said the only thing you had changed was an iron supplement: > is it possible that you are taking your iron at the same time, or > close to, your thyroid supplement? > > Only reason I mention this is: last time I picked up Cytomel at the > pharmacy, there was a little yellow tag added to the bottle that was a > patient warning against taking iron closer than 4 hours to the time > thyroid is taken. However I couldn't find any info in the Cytomel > prescribing information from KingPharmaceuticals.com, about > incompatibility with iron. One internet ref I found says that iron > interferes with absorption of levothyroxine, but they didn't say > if the same effect happens with triiodothyronine. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 , I had trouble when I added iron also.... it felt like I was taking a lot less thyroid med. Atlanta Girl also had trouble. Both of us had to put iron even further apart than 4 hours. I finally decided to take iron before bed with orange juice, I take armour at 8 am and 4 pm, so my schedule has me 8 hours between iron and thyroid med. - > >> > > > > Since you said the only thing you had changed was an iron supplement: > > is it possible that you are taking your iron at the same time, or > > close to, your thyroid supplement? > > > > Only reason I mention this is: last time I picked up Cytomel at the > > pharmacy, there was a little yellow tag added to the bottle that was a > > patient warning against taking iron closer than 4 hours to the time > > thyroid is taken. However I couldn't find any info in the Cytomel > > prescribing information from KingPharmaceuticals.com, about > > incompatibility with iron. One internet ref I found says that iron > > interferes with absorption of levothyroxine, but they didn't say > > if the same effect happens with triiodothyronine. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hi, , Oh boy, this is going to be tough to figure out. I take my T3 4 x a day, so it's going to be hard to do this! And I take my last dose of T3 right at bedtime. Well, I will figure something out. Thank you so much for your input. I'm feeling really bad and need to get this under control quickly. And I was at a real loss what to do, so I'll figure out a new dosing schedule. I really appreciate your help! Thank you! > > , > I had trouble when I added iron also.... it felt like I was taking a lot less thyroid med. Atlanta Girl also had trouble. Both of us had to put iron even further apart than 4 hours. I finally decided to take iron before bed with orange juice, I take armour at 8 am and 4 pm, so my schedule has me 8 hours between iron and thyroid med. > - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hi, , Oh boy, this is going to be tough to figure out. I take my T3 4 x a day, so it's going to be hard to do this! And I take my last dose of T3 right at bedtime. Well, I will figure something out. Thank you so much for your input. I'm feeling really bad and need to get this under control quickly. And I was at a real loss what to do, so I'll figure out a new dosing schedule. I really appreciate your help! Thank you! > > , > I had trouble when I added iron also.... it felt like I was taking a lot less thyroid med. Atlanta Girl also had trouble. Both of us had to put iron even further apart than 4 hours. I finally decided to take iron before bed with orange juice, I take armour at 8 am and 4 pm, so my schedule has me 8 hours between iron and thyroid med. > - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hi, , Oh boy, this is going to be tough to figure out. I take my T3 4 x a day, so it's going to be hard to do this! And I take my last dose of T3 right at bedtime. Well, I will figure something out. Thank you so much for your input. I'm feeling really bad and need to get this under control quickly. And I was at a real loss what to do, so I'll figure out a new dosing schedule. I really appreciate your help! Thank you! > > , > I had trouble when I added iron also.... it felt like I was taking a lot less thyroid med. Atlanta Girl also had trouble. Both of us had to put iron even further apart than 4 hours. I finally decided to take iron before bed with orange juice, I take armour at 8 am and 4 pm, so my schedule has me 8 hours between iron and thyroid med. > - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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