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A member asked:
If you have a normal tsh and t4 levels but your t3 (liothyronine) is low do you need to increase levothyroxine?
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Depends: The T3 (liothyronine) may be low before you take your medication and isn't necessarily abnormal. If you still have symptoms and the TSH is not in the low part of the normal range then adding more levothyroxine is probably the right thing to do. Some people do not convert enough of the T4 to T3 (liothyronine) and they need to take some T3 (liothyronine) in addition to T4 or take a natural thyroid med like Armour Thyroid or nature-throid.
Answered 1/15/2015
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A member asked:
So a TSH of 5.5 with T3 (liothyronine) of 2.8 & T4 of 0.98 (was told T3 (liothyronine) & T4 r ok) is it right to take 50mcg of levothyroxine? I also take asgwaghanda for hotflash
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My TSH is 0.741 uIU/ml, My T3 (liothyronine) is 1.33 ng/ml, My T4 is7.61 ug/dl. My doc prescribed me Levothyroxine 100mcg?
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Hello I am 52y/o I have hashimoto thyroiditis i take 100mcg levothyroxine for 4 days and 50mcg for 3days of week.Tsh=0.1 T3 (liothyronine) =110 t4=10 is that ok?
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I'm on Levothyroxine and Cytomel (liothyronine) for T3 and T4 and my blood work came back TSH w/Reflex to FT4 is 0.01 L and T4, FREE is 0.6 L. What does this mean?
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My TSH is point 4 (.4) free T3 (liothyronine) is 2.3 free T4 is 1.0 reverse T3 (liothyronine) is 286. I take 200mcg levothyroxine. No enerdgy, hair falling out, weight gain?
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