Re: Overdose logic

[Guest guest]

HI Tish! I liked your funny comment on Viagra!!

Tish, are those your words? I do want to comment on one thing. When

someone on Armour is on their optimal dose (or adjusted dose as you

mentioned), their T4 is usually around 1, and their T3 is at the top

of the range. If they had the T3 at mid-range, Armour folks will

often still have lingering symptoms...and still be slightly

underdosed.

One of the reasons why the T4 while on Armour hovers around 1.0 +- is

because only 80% of Armour is T4, as compared to approx. 93% with our

own thyroid, if healthy.

Also, my T3 peak is high after I take my Armour!! I once did my labs

before I had taken Armour, and my free T3 was 3.3. Then later, I did

labs after I had taken Armour, and my free T3 was close to 4.3!!

That was VERY interesting what you said about doubling doses of

Armour and T4 meds.

Janie aka ThyroDiva

> I wanted to comment on overdosing. First patients on Armour tend

not to take up the T4 in it completely. So, a typical Armour patient

> with well adjusted replacement will have mid-range to just above

mid-range T3 blood levels and below mid-range T4, sometimes near the

> bottom. A typical well adjusted Synthroid patient will have above

> mid-range T4 and just below mid-range T3 and a TSH around 1.0.

[Guest guest]

> On the Armour levels, I have read several articles about the T4 in

> Armour not being totally taken up even though it has lower T4 than

> what your thyroid makes. They make the speculation that there is

> something about it that keeps people from absorbing it as well as

> T3.

Would you post links to those articles? I'd like to read them. And

yes, it is common for folks who are optimally treated on Armour to

have a T4 right around 1.0 +-. But it doesn't appear to be a problem

since folks are getting more direct T3.

Janie

[Guest guest]

I see what you are saying but taking one dose extra once isn't what I was

talking about . It is the raising of the meds rapidly. Not one extra dose by

accident.

Overdose logic

I wanted to comment on overdosing. First patients on Armour tend not

to take up the T4 in it completely. So, a typical Armour patient

with well adjusted replacement will have mid-range to just above mid-

range T3 blood levels and below mid-range T4, sometimes near the

bottom. A typical well adjusted Synthroid patient will have above

mid-range T4 and just below mid-range T3 and a TSH around 1.0.

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