Question On Med Dose's?

Hi,

I was taking synthroid 175 per day,  my last blood test showed my TSH was 0.09, I guess that's low?  Well anyway now the Dr. has me taking Cytomel on Mon, Wed, & Fri and on those days I am taking half of the 175 synthroid and a whole synthroid on the off days. Does this sound normal? Well if anyone has an answer, I sure would appreciate it.

Thanks, Linda

On 10/7/2007 ozzie3 wrote:

Hi,

I was taking synthroid 175 per day,  my last blood test showed my TSH was 0.09, I guess that's low?  Well anyway now the Dr. has me taking Cytomel on Mon, Wed, & Fri and on those days I am taking half of the 175 synthroid and a whole synthroid on the off days. Does this sound normal? Well if anyone has an answer, I sure would appreciate it.

Thanks, Linda

0.09 TSH it meams you are taking too much syntroid. Since syntroid is not a good replacement by itself, becaouse it is not well absorbed in your body, and it can easily be that despite the low TSH level you might still have a slow working thyroid. it is a good idea to add Cytomel becouse it is absorbed better in your system.

But let me ask you a question: did you discuss this results with your doctor? Because if you did not something is wrong in your patient-doctor relationship.

On 10/7/2007 alba3 wrote:

 

On 10/7/2007 ozzie3 wrote:

Hi,

I was taking synthroid 175 per day,  my last blood test showed my TSH was 0.09, I guess that's low?  Well anyway now the Dr. has me taking Cytomel on Mon, Wed, & Fri and on those days I am taking half of the 175 synthroid and a whole synthroid on the off days. Does this sound normal? Well if anyone has an answer, I sure would appreciate it.

Thanks, Linda

0.09 TSH it meams you are taking too much syntroid. Since syntroid is not a good replacement by itself, becaouse it is not well absorbed in your body, and it can easily be that despite the low TSH level you might still have a slow working thyroid. it is a good idea to add Cytomel becouse it is absorbed better in your system.

But let me ask you a question: did you discuss this results with your doctor? Because if you did not something is wrong in your patient-doctor relationship.

Hi,

Thanks so much for your reply. I did discuss this with my Dr., but he went on vacation right after our phone conversation and he will be gone for two weeks, I should have asked more questions when I had him on the phone, but of course I think of everything to ask after the call and after he's gone. I had thyroid cancer so I have no thyroid at all, you said 0.09 means I have too much synthroid so that is making me hypothyroid? I am trying to research and get educated on all this. Thanks Again, Linda

On 10/7/2007 ozzie3 wrote:

Hi,

I was taking synthroid 175 per day,  my last blood test showed my TSH was 0.09, I guess that's low?  Well anyway now the Dr. has me taking Cytomel on Mon, Wed, & Fri and on those days I am taking half of the 175 synthroid and a whole synthroid on the off days. Does this sound normal? Well if anyone has an answer, I sure would appreciate it.

Thanks, Linda

If you have had papillary cell thyroid cancer, you want to keep your TSH between 0.1 and 0.5. A low TSH suppresses the growth of thyroid cancer cells. These levels keep you slightly hyperthyroid.

In April I had a total thyoridectomy followed by RAI for papillary cell thyroid cancer. My last TSH [September] was 0.1.

Hope this is helpful.