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A member asked:

Dear sir, as you know half life of levothyroxine is 7 days. it means it take 7 days up to conversation to t3 (liothyronine) or no on the day of taking?

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T4 to T3 (liothyronine) conversion: Conversion to T3 (liothyronine) occurs rather quickly and as needed in the body. Of course the steady state level of T4 available to concert will occur at 2-3 weeks.

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Answered 10/23/2017

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I have hashimotos disease and hypothyroidism and i have the puffy face and leg and arm swelling. I tried so many things. I take levothyroxine and t3 (liothyronine).

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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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I have hypothyroidism but im tired all the time and im cold alot what can i do I have normal blood levels and take levothyroxine for it T3 (liothyronine) T4 TSH ok?

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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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Would adding T3 (liothyronine) to my levothyroxine help me lose weight?

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