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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve never noticed any difference at all. My blood work is different but I feel exactly the same. [/quote] With the huge caveat that I have no medical knowledge and also have never tried Synthroid; I just read an article on all this recently and remembered it because I have a goiter and wonky thyroid levels: My rough understanding is that Synthroid raises levels of T4, which is then broken down by the body into T3 (which is the more active substance). If your body is failing at this conversion process, giving it more ingredients via T4 may not help much. I just googled to confirm all this and Google told me Cytomel is the one that affects T3. It also said endocrinologists tend to prefer Synthroid for a few reasons (like more predictable results and more easily tracked blood-test changes), but it might be at least worth raising the T4/T3 question with your endo?[/quote] Endos check tsh, t3 and t4 when they do labs[/quote]
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