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Posted 12/20/2014 9:36 AM (GMT -7)
I'm going to see an Endocrinologist later this month. He's a doctor I saw many years ago and I want to re-establish a relationship with him.

I have Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism. For years (probably 8+) I have been on natural forms of thyroid medicine from Armour to meds compounded in the lab. These meds are not covered by insurance. I had tried the synthetic version for a few years and they didn't seem to work that's why I moved over to the natural form. Unfortunately, I still have hypo symptoms with those as well so I am considering going back to synthetic.

I am curious what current synthetic meds people are using with success today? I had a hard time with Levoxine (or whatever the Synthroid generic is) in the past so I won't want to be on that. With the way technology progresses, I figured this is probably some other options out there.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
KK
Posted 12/20/2014 9:51 AM (GMT -7)
Hi,
If you live in the USA you can try Synthroid made by Abbvie, Pfizer also acquired Levoxyl and reformulated it, there is also a new drug called Tirosint, it is a gel capsule with very few inactive ingredients but it is very expensive .

What were your labs when on synthetic LT4 medications and while on NDT ?
Posted 12/20/2014 10:07 AM (GMT -7)
I'm not sure what the synthetic numbers were at this point...it was several years ago. Here's my most recent NDT (not sure what LT4 is):

Thyroxine (T4) - 5.6...Range: 4.5-12.0 ug/dL
T4,Free(Direct) - 1.09 ...Range: 0.82-1.77 ng/dL
KK
Posted 12/20/2014 10:09 AM (GMT -7)
LT4 is Left-Thyroxine also called Thyroxine or Levothyroxine.

Was there a TSH test ?
Posted 12/20/2014 10:12 AM (GMT -7)
TSH - 1.85...Range: 0.34 - 3.00 uIU/mL
KK
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