Change of medication to Liothyronine

Hey Jay,

Did the Dr try you on the lactose free T4 first?

You won't find many folks on T3 these days in the UK, as the instruction is not to prescribe it because of the cost.

You def need to take one dose when you wake, then you probably want the other around mid afternoon, early evening. It's a short lasting drug because it is the hormone that the body uses. So where T4 is the storage hormone and sits around in the body, T3 is there, used, and gone. So one thing with T3 is that whatever time you choose to take them, you must take them at exactly that time every day or you may start to dip and get really tired.

Hope that helps!

Lass

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Thanks Lass,

Was thinking, maybe one in the morning, then one about 3 pm. He spoke to the endocrinologist and they advised the professor at the Beatson prefers his patients on T3 before  RAI so think that's why he decided to change it. I'm due to go in on 14 the April. Hope I don't get side effects from these. 

That sounds like a plan, and you can always move the 3pm one earlier or later depending on how you feel. So a wee bit of tweaking until you find what time works best for you.

Interesting about the Professor. Usually that's for if they plan on taking you off your medication and aren't going to give you thyrogen. But lots of Drs have their own little foibles, so this might just be theirs.

But yes, fingers crossed it all goes well for you on those ones and you don't have problems either taking them or getting them filled!

Lass

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T3 used to be used a lot to prepare people for RAI as you only have to stop taking it for 2-3 weeks unlike T4 which you have to go off for about 6. That said, if you're on T3 for RAI, you most likely won't be offered the thyrogen injections which is a real shame.

Some doctors still insist that natural 'withdrawal' and hypo is the best way to do RAI but I believe that's been largely debunked following recent UK studies that showed thyrogen is just as effective.

There are pros and cons to thyrogen and natural hypo but most of us would choose thyrogen if we had the chance.

I am due to go in next Saturday and Sunday for injections, then RAI on the Monday. I'm guessing that will still go ahead as they have only just changed the medication and I have only to do the Low iine diet for a week as it's a low dose I'm getting. They said one night in hospital, then 7 days away from kids. I think they were surprised when they saw the pathology report. I had a thyroidectomycentral neck dissection, and side neck dissection.They found really small tumors on my thyroid, like pin dot sized and out of the 70 lymph nodes removed only 2 were cancerous, 1 x 1 cm and 1 x 3 cm size. They dais the tumors on the thyroid would have started off a significant size but seem to have shrunk over time which is rare according to them. I asked how long they had been there and he sa at least 5 years. I wouldn't have known if I didn't have the lump. Not sure where the emojis came from , sorry x