My Endo agreed today to put me on 5 mcg (daily) of Cytomel, in addition to the .15 mg of synthroid I take daily. She said, and I tend to agree, that the reseach on Cytomel's efficacy is inconclusive, but that "it wouldn't hurt" me to take the 5 mcg of Cytomel daily. The reason I asked about Cytomen is that I read the New England Journal of Medicine article that said that Cytomel appeared to improved mental clarity in patients who took Cytomel in conjunction with a T4 supplement (i.e., Synthroid). The one nagging problem I do have, even when my Synthroid brings my function near normal, is to get a ltitle brain fogged.
It seems tome to be ok to keep my synthroid dosage level at .15 mg daily, as only a portion of the T4 produced from this will produce SOME T3, and I'm only being prescribed a small dosage of Cytomel (5 mcg).
Are there any interactions between Cytomel and any other foods/substances I should be aware of (e.g., substances/foods that may cancel out the therapeutic effect of Cytomel)?
Please read the NEJM 02/11/99 article on this. They recommended 10mcg of T3 and enough T4 to bring the TSH into range.
<KSMorris@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1108062028.828495.186420@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... | | My Endo agreed today to put me on 5 mcg (daily) of Cytomel, in addition | to the .15 mg of synthroid I take daily. She said, and I tend to | agree, that the reseach on Cytomel's efficacy is inconclusive, but that | "it wouldn't hurt" me to take the 5 mcg of Cytomel daily. The reason I | asked about Cytomen is that I read the New England Journal of Medicine | article that said that Cytomel appeared to improved mental clarity in | patients who took Cytomel in conjunction with a T4 supplement (i.e., | Synthroid). The one nagging problem I do have, even when my Synthroid | brings my function near normal, is to get a ltitle brain fogged. | | It seems tome to be ok to keep my synthroid dosage level at .15 mg | daily, as only a portion of the T4 produced from this will produce SOME | T3, and I'm only being prescribed a small dosage of Cytomel (5 mcg). | | Are there any interactions between Cytomel and any other | foods/substances I should be aware of (e.g., substances/foods that may | cancel out the therapeutic effect of Cytomel)? | | Thanks, | | K |
