Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 I have not been on line lately, but I saw your post and wanted to respond. I have been taking compounded thyroid medication for about 4 years now. It has helped me a lot. When I first started taking it I knew nothing about mito diseases. I just knew that my temperature was very low, my metabolism slow and I was very sick. It helped me enough that I was able to go back and finish my degree, and start working. I was doing really well on it and I think I would have continued to do so, but I had a lot of trouble with my heart. Anyway, compounded thyroid medicine is T-3 in a time release substance. T-3 is the form of thyroid hormone that is actually used by the cells in the body. It is the 'thermostat' for the mitochondrial energy system. The thyroid gland produces mostly T-4 and it is then converted to the more useable form of T-3. Sometimes there is a problem with that conversion process. You might want to look at wilsonsyndrome.com it explains it better than I can. It also has a mail order pharmacy for the med's if you can't find one locally. Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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