Re: Amiodarone and Low Thyroid

[Guest guest]

This is not making sense. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

**rises** when your level of thyroid hormone is low (hypo-thyroid).

So, a low TSH would indicate that your levels of thyroid hormone were

either normal or high. So, did you mean that your TSH was high and

that the doc gave your synthetic thyroid hormone (Synthroid) to

compensate?

--Steve

At 1:26 AM +0000 9/1/05, john wrote:

> My thyroid test came back " low

>THS " . The Doc said I was developing hypo thyroid and put me on yet

>another drug...Syntroid to bring my thyroid back up to normal.

[Guest guest]

This is not making sense. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

**rises** when your level of thyroid hormone is low (hypo-thyroid).

So, a low TSH would indicate that your levels of thyroid hormone were

either normal or high. So, did you mean that your TSH was high and

that the doc gave your synthetic thyroid hormone (Synthroid) to

compensate?

--Steve

At 1:26 AM +0000 9/1/05, john wrote:

> My thyroid test came back " low

>THS " . The Doc said I was developing hypo thyroid and put me on yet

>another drug...Syntroid to bring my thyroid back up to normal.

[Guest guest]

This is not making sense. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

**rises** when your level of thyroid hormone is low (hypo-thyroid).

So, a low TSH would indicate that your levels of thyroid hormone were

either normal or high. So, did you mean that your TSH was high and

that the doc gave your synthetic thyroid hormone (Synthroid) to

compensate?

--Steve

At 1:26 AM +0000 9/1/05, john wrote:

> My thyroid test came back " low

>THS " . The Doc said I was developing hypo thyroid and put me on yet

>another drug...Syntroid to bring my thyroid back up to normal.

[Guest guest]

Sorry, I talked to the doctor over the phone and I know he said " Hypo-

Thyroid. " I was scribbling notes as we spoke and now looking over

them I wrote: " THS too high...hormone too low.

-- In AFIBsupport , Steve Goldstein <sng@c...> wrote:

> This is not making sense. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

> **rises** when your level of thyroid hormone is low (hypo-thyroid).

> So, a low TSH would indicate that your levels of thyroid hormone were

> either normal or high. So, did you mean that your TSH was high and

> that the doc gave your synthetic thyroid hormone (Synthroid) to

> compensate?

>

> --Steve

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry, I talked to the doctor over the phone and I know he said " Hypo-

Thyroid. " I was scribbling notes as we spoke and now looking over

them I wrote: " THS too high...hormone too low.

-- In AFIBsupport , Steve Goldstein <sng@c...> wrote:

> This is not making sense. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

> **rises** when your level of thyroid hormone is low (hypo-thyroid).

> So, a low TSH would indicate that your levels of thyroid hormone were

> either normal or high. So, did you mean that your TSH was high and

> that the doc gave your synthetic thyroid hormone (Synthroid) to

> compensate?

>

> --Steve

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry, I talked to the doctor over the phone and I know he said " Hypo-

Thyroid. " I was scribbling notes as we spoke and now looking over

them I wrote: " THS too high...hormone too low.

-- In AFIBsupport , Steve Goldstein <sng@c...> wrote:

> This is not making sense. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

> **rises** when your level of thyroid hormone is low (hypo-thyroid).

> So, a low TSH would indicate that your levels of thyroid hormone were

> either normal or high. So, did you mean that your TSH was high and

> that the doc gave your synthetic thyroid hormone (Synthroid) to

> compensate?

>

> --Steve

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/31/2005 8:27:36 P.M. Central Standard Time,

JPindorski@... writes:

To all our Ami experts out there:

Will the Syntroid control the hypo thyroid and allow me to continue

taking the only drug I've had limited success with?

Should I discontinue all table Iodinized salt?

My ablation should be scheduled before the New Year but I'd sure like

to stay in NRS until the big date comes.

Any opinions?

Salwa Beheiry, how about it?...not asking for medical advice...just

some general knowledge.

I recommend looking up synthroid on a web site. I use WebMD, I think this

will answer your questions on what synthroid does. I suggest you ask your Dr.

" if you stop taking amiodarone now, does he think your thyroid will recover? " I

think that would be a factor you should consider before deciding to keep

taking or discontinue the amiodarone.

Guy

[Guest guest]

As others have said, this sounds all wrong.

As far as I am aware, having suffered from an Over active Thyroid, I

was given Carbimozole to stop the Thyroid from from producing an

excess of T4

If your TSH is low then it means that you already probably have too

MUCH T4 in your system and the Thyroid does not need to produce as

much. The TSH is the trigger. OVER ACTIVE

If on the other hand your TSH was high, it is because you need more

T4 because the Thyroid is not producing enough. Synroid is a

replacement for naturally produced T4...UNDERACTIVE

Hope this helps.

Of course the symptoms of the 2 are quite different. In general if

you loose weight and are restless and feel hot....then its OVER active

If you gain weight, feel cold, fell tired....these are signs of an

underactive Thryoid

> Today I received the results of some blood work I had done.

> My cholesterol levels were great. My thyroid test came back " low

> THS " . The Doc said I was developing hypo thyroid and put me on yet

> another drug...Syntroid to bring my thyroid back up to normal. He

> said it was undoubtedly caused buy my Amiodarone use but he didn't

> tell me to stop taking it.

>

> To all our Ami experts out there:

> Will the Syntroid control the hypo thyroid and allow me to continue

> taking the only drug I've had limited success with?

>

> Should I discontinue all table Iodinized salt?

>

> My ablation should be scheduled before the New Year but I'd sure like

> to stay in NRS until the big date comes.

>

> Any opinions?

>

> Salwa Beheiry, how about it?...not asking for medical advice...just

> some general knowledge.

>

> P

[Guest guest]

--- >

> To all our Ami experts out there:

> Will the Syntroid control the hypo thyroid and allow me to continue

> taking the only drug I've had limited success with?

>

> Hi ,

I was hypthyroid before I started on amiodarone and required quite a

high dose of synthroid or luvoxyl (same sort of med). After being on

amiodarone for several months the amount of thyroid med I needed was

reduced some. I continue to take luvoxyl for my thyroid and have had

no problems between it and the amiodarone, which is also the only drug

to work for me. Neither my PCP nor my cardio ask me to make any

dietary changes. Your thyroid levels do need to be monitored while on

the amiodarone.

The terminology doctor use when talking about thyroid levels is very

confusing as the terms high and low don't always mean what you would

think.

Beverly

[Guest guest]

Perhaps there has been a confusion between " hypo " which means, low,

little, not much, etc., and " hyper " which means a lot, excessive, too

much, etc. They are easily confused when spoken carelessly.

> > Today I received the results of some blood work I had done.

> > My cholesterol levels were great. My thyroid test came back " low

> > THS " . The Doc said I was developing hypo thyroid and put me on yet

> > another drug...Syntroid to bring my thyroid back up to normal. He

> > said it was undoubtedly caused buy my Amiodarone use but he didn't

> > tell me to stop taking it.

> >

> > To all our Ami experts out there:

> > Will the Syntroid control the hypo thyroid and allow me to continue

> > taking the only drug I've had limited success with?

> >

> > Should I discontinue all table Iodinized salt?

> >

> > My ablation should be scheduled before the New Year but I'd sure like

> > to stay in NRS until the big date comes.

> >

> > Any opinions?

> >

> > Salwa Beheiry, how about it?...not asking for medical advice...just

> > some general knowledge.

> >

> > P