Antibiotics and lab results: Elaine-others

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone old and new,

I was wondering whether anyone knows what effects, if any, taking antibiotics

might have on

thyroid (FT4, FT3, TSH) levels, as well as TPO and TSI antibodies as measured by

lab work?

I was planning to get bloodwork on May 9th but will probably be taking Cipro (an

antibiotic) that week due to dental surgery. Since i get lab tests so rarely

these days, I would hate to be doing something that might contaminate the

results.

Thanks so much for your help. Zoey

Hey Terry: Congrats on your tapazole reductions. You've come a long way! How

are you feeling? My final ATD doses were something like 1.25mgs every day for

about a month and then 1.25 evry other day and then every three days, etc.

[Guest guest]

Hi Zoey,

I'm pretty sure there were some posts not too long ago about antibiotics and

thyroid, from Elaine...wish I had a better memory. Perhaps an archive search

will turn it up. Cipro seems like a pretty intense thing to take for dental

surgery, can't they do with anything else? I've never heard good things

about that one, people have such a strong reaction. I don't know your

circumstances, but totally understand the desire to minimize bad effects of

dental surgery. The whole process frightens me, there is such a direct

connection through the system from teeth. Dental work always sets my body

awry. But I do wonder if there's a more natural way...I'll ask Bart what he

thinks if you want.

As for me, I seem to bounce around day to day in how I feel, but I've had a

cold and the stress level has been high due to a very difficult work

situation right now, I may be losing my kitchen (and therefore, my

livelihood), although things are looking better perhaps in that department.

Anyway, one day I feel hypo, then hyper the next. All I do is monitor my

heart rate and BP, both have been just fine--and watch for symptoms of

hyper or hypo, there have been none so far except tiredness, but I have been

sick so who knows on that! I still don't feel stabilized enough to do labs,

so I keep waiting and chipping away at the pills, and watching myself. At

some point I'm going to use that lab slip with the TSI and FT3 on it, and

then I'll know. I just don't want to blow it by using it too soon. I want to

feel no symptoms for a while, first.

Terry

>

> Reply-To: graves_support

> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:26:20 -0700

> To: graves_support >

> Subject: Antibiotics and lab results: Elaine-others

>

> Hi everyone old and new,

>

> I was wondering whether anyone knows what effects, if any, taking antibiotics

> might have on

> thyroid (FT4, FT3, TSH) levels, as well as TPO and TSI antibodies as measured

> by lab work?

>

> I was planning to get bloodwork on May 9th but will probably be taking Cipro

> (an antibiotic) that week due to dental surgery. Since i get lab tests so

> rarely these days, I would hate to be doing something that might contaminate

> the results.

>

> Thanks so much for your help. Zoey

>

> Hey Terry: Congrats on your tapazole reductions. You've come a long way! How

> are you feeling? My final ATD doses were something like 1.25mgs every day for

> about a month and then 1.25 evry other day and then every three days, etc.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Zoey,

I'm pretty sure there were some posts not too long ago about antibiotics and

thyroid, from Elaine...wish I had a better memory. Perhaps an archive search

will turn it up. Cipro seems like a pretty intense thing to take for dental

surgery, can't they do with anything else? I've never heard good things

about that one, people have such a strong reaction. I don't know your

circumstances, but totally understand the desire to minimize bad effects of

dental surgery. The whole process frightens me, there is such a direct

connection through the system from teeth. Dental work always sets my body

awry. But I do wonder if there's a more natural way...I'll ask Bart what he

thinks if you want.

As for me, I seem to bounce around day to day in how I feel, but I've had a

cold and the stress level has been high due to a very difficult work

situation right now, I may be losing my kitchen (and therefore, my

livelihood), although things are looking better perhaps in that department.

Anyway, one day I feel hypo, then hyper the next. All I do is monitor my

heart rate and BP, both have been just fine--and watch for symptoms of

hyper or hypo, there have been none so far except tiredness, but I have been

sick so who knows on that! I still don't feel stabilized enough to do labs,

so I keep waiting and chipping away at the pills, and watching myself. At

some point I'm going to use that lab slip with the TSI and FT3 on it, and

then I'll know. I just don't want to blow it by using it too soon. I want to

feel no symptoms for a while, first.

Terry

>

> Reply-To: graves_support

> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:26:20 -0700

> To: graves_support >

> Subject: Antibiotics and lab results: Elaine-others

>

> Hi everyone old and new,

>

> I was wondering whether anyone knows what effects, if any, taking antibiotics

> might have on

> thyroid (FT4, FT3, TSH) levels, as well as TPO and TSI antibodies as measured

> by lab work?

>

> I was planning to get bloodwork on May 9th but will probably be taking Cipro

> (an antibiotic) that week due to dental surgery. Since i get lab tests so

> rarely these days, I would hate to be doing something that might contaminate

> the results.

>

> Thanks so much for your help. Zoey

>

> Hey Terry: Congrats on your tapazole reductions. You've come a long way! How

> are you feeling? My final ATD doses were something like 1.25mgs every day for

> about a month and then 1.25 evry other day and then every three days, etc.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Zoey,

If antibiotics had any affect on the antibodies, we would take them and all

be healed.

But... the thing I can tell you, is a couple of times I had infections, one

in particular was bad... accessed tooth left too long... and both times my

FT4 was low. My thoughts are that my body was using all resources to fight

the infection. Because the FT4 dropped as the tooth got worse, and as soon

as I had it worked on and did antibiotics, my slight fever and flu feeling

went away, and the FT4 shot right back to where it should have been.

The literature says ' non thyroidal illness' lowers thyroid hormone levels.

This is normally thought of as something that is serious, but perhaps it is

simply a matter of degree.

So if you were to have any infection at all, it seems reasonable to me, to

wait a bit on labs, since we them spend so many weeks thinking we are hyper/

hypo and treat ourselves accordingly. Good way to rock a boat that does not

need to be rocked. :-)

-Pam L -

3 1/2 years Graves', TED, and PTU. Remission due to SLOW reduction of PTU

(despite an incompetent endo ! ), improved lifestyle, excellent nutrition,

herbs, and looking at the big picture.

Pills alone only help the symptoms. We must help our bodies to heal.

[Guest guest]

Hi Zoey,

Good to hear from you, and hope all is well in CA. The Cipro shouldn't affect

your test results. Dental surgery can, though, especially if you're laid up

for a while so it's best to have your labs done before the procedure. Take

care, elaine

[Guest guest]

Hi Zoey,

Good to hear from you, and hope all is well in CA. The Cipro shouldn't affect

your test results. Dental surgery can, though, especially if you're laid up

for a while so it's best to have your labs done before the procedure. Take

care, elaine

[Guest guest]

Thank you all.

So good to hear from you.

I decided to do my bloodwork this Thursday - the day before my surgery so as to

be on the safe side. As antibiotics go, Cipro is the only one I've been able to

handle. I took it for a 2 inch puncture wound in Africa and had no side

effects.

The dental work is a combination extraction of an impacted wisdom and the next

tooth that it damaged and an implant. Because the tooth is so far back and my

mouth is so small, antibiotics, in this case, seem the best way to go. The area

is too hard to keep clean. For other things like colds and infections (which

fortunately I don't get), I wouldn't touch them.

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm still waiting for a California book tour,

Elaine.

Hugs and best wishes, Zoey

Re: Antibiotics and lab results: Elaine-others

Hi Zoey,

Good to hear from you, and hope all is well in CA. The Cipro shouldn't affect

your test results. Dental surgery can, though, especially if you're laid up

for a while so it's best to have your labs done before the procedure. Take

care, elaine

[Guest guest]

Thank you all.

So good to hear from you.

I decided to do my bloodwork this Thursday - the day before my surgery so as to

be on the safe side. As antibiotics go, Cipro is the only one I've been able to

handle. I took it for a 2 inch puncture wound in Africa and had no side

effects.

The dental work is a combination extraction of an impacted wisdom and the next

tooth that it damaged and an implant. Because the tooth is so far back and my

mouth is so small, antibiotics, in this case, seem the best way to go. The area

is too hard to keep clean. For other things like colds and infections (which

fortunately I don't get), I wouldn't touch them.

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm still waiting for a California book tour,

Elaine.

Hugs and best wishes, Zoey

Re: Antibiotics and lab results: Elaine-others

Hi Zoey,

Good to hear from you, and hope all is well in CA. The Cipro shouldn't affect

your test results. Dental surgery can, though, especially if you're laid up

for a while so it's best to have your labs done before the procedure. Take

care, elaine