when to get tested- one more question

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In a message dated 12/15/2004 9:16:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ryno@... writes:

> Is getting tested in the morning before any Armour dose a more

> accurate way to measure your body's thyroid levels, or is it just a

> way to hedge your bets against a doctor who might not want to let

> you increase

it really is best not to take the Armour to get an accurate picture. because

of the T3 in Armour, you get a spike in the T3 levels that would be reflected

in the blood test...and that spike would not be representative of what is

going on in your body over the 24 hour picture as far as T4 that is converting

to

T3.

And what happens...is if the doc takes that spike as indicative of your true

picture...it's like he/she is assuming you have way more T3 than you really

do.

Cindi

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In a message dated 12/15/2004 10:01:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,

ryno@... writes:

> Cindi, I am thinking about my recent blood tests, and when I was

> tested. Do you know when the spike in the T3 levels occurs--how

> many hours after?

>

>

about 2 hours afterwards ya spike...and then of course it goes downward. I

took a blood test two hours after a dose of Armour...and WOW...that Free T3

sure was high. And didn't give me a true picture at all.

Cindi

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In a message dated 12/15/2004 12:49:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

alison.ashwell@... writes:

> >

> It will depend on wherther you take it sublingually or swallow it

>

oh yea...i was assuming swallowing...since i do it that way.

does it spike when you do it sublingually?

cindi

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Is getting tested in the morning before any Armour dose a more

accurate way to measure your body's thyroid levels, or is it just a

way to hedge your bets against a doctor who might not want to let

you increase, etc.?

R.

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>>Is getting tested in the morning before any Armour dose a more

accurate way to measure your body's thyroid levels, or is it just a

way to hedge your bets against a doctor who might not want to let

you increase, etc.?<<

I think it is more accurate. After a dose of Armour, you will have a peak when

it hits your system. Much better to test what has leveled out already there than

to guess if it is peaking or what?

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

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mydgtd wrote:

>Is getting tested in the morning before any Armour dose a more

>accurate way to measure your body's thyroid levels, or is it just a

>way to hedge your bets against a doctor who might not want to let

>you increase, etc.?

>

>

>

Thyroid and pituitary hormones fluctuate during the day so its a good

idea to get the tests done at the same time in the morning without meds

so that its easier to follow the result patterns independant of dose

and natural hormone fluctuations.

Alison

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> it really is best not to take the Armour to get an accurate

picture. because

> of the T3 in Armour, you get a spike in the T3 levels that would

be reflected

> in the blood test...and that spike would not be representative of

what is

> going on in your body over the 24 hour picture as far as T4 that

is converting to

> T3.

> Cindi

>

>

Cindi, I am thinking about my recent blood tests, and when I was

tested. Do you know when the spike in the T3 levels occurs--how

many hours after?

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mydgtd wrote:

>>

>>

>Cindi, I am thinking about my recent blood tests, and when I was

>tested. Do you know when the spike in the T3 levels occurs--how

>many hours after?

>

>

>

>

>

It will depend on wherther you take it sublingually or swallow it

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nc2406@... wrote:

>oh yea...i was assuming swallowing...since i do it that way.

>does it spike when you do it sublingually?

>

>

>

>

>

It will but it will be much quicker than swallowing

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