Help Interpreting Test Results - (using Tricana)

[gainer77]

Hi Everyone,

My wife is finishing a 4-week cycle of Tiratricol. I just had her get a blood test to check her Thyroid levels. As expected, the TSH levels are suppressed. Can anyone shed anymore light on the test results and what supplements she should take post cycle?

Test Results:
TSH, 0.039
Thyroxine (T4), 3.8
T3 Uptake, 19
Free Thyroxine Index, 0.7

She had her Thyroid checked back in september '07 (9/07) here were her results:

TSH, 2.08
Free Thyroxine, 1.1

As you can see the Tiratricol cycle suppressed her Thyroid. Any advice would be appreciated.


Here's some other details:
My wife took Tiratricol back in the day when it was sold over the counter (called Tricana then) and experienced amazing results. She went from 185 to 120 over a 12-month period, with Tricana and a very diciplined diet. Now she is at 150 trying to get back down to 120. She got her hands on some Genesis Meds Tiratricol which are 1mg per tablet. She is up to about three pills per day taken with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Below is a journal of the dosing schedule she has been following. As you will notice in the dosing schedule below, there were a few days where she forgot to take all three pills on that day.

Week1: 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Week2: 2 3 3 3 1 3 2
Week3: 3 3 3 2 3 2 1
Week4: 2 1 3 3 3 2 2

So far, she is not seeing the results like she did last time and her weight is staying essentially unchanged. Her diet isn't as strict as last time, but she is not eating terrible either.

I appreciate any advice/suggestions.

 

[Tatyana]

http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/tiratricol.html

Losing weight is all about creating a calorie deficit and having the thyroid gland working to its optimum (Mr. Montana's advice).

She has gone hypothyroid as a result of the drug, which it is designed to do as it is used in the treatment of thryoid cancer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiratricol

There may be some herbal supps that may stimulate thyroid activity, a bit of extra iodine may help.

Either see an endocrinologists now to have them monitor her recovery (or she may be put on thyroxine if the suppression is permanent), or just wait a few months and get tested again to see if she recovers naturally.

In the meantime, as her metabolism is slow, and there is a strong possibility she will have rebound weight gain, get her going to the gym and training with weights and doing some cardio.

There is always a rebound effect when people use stimulatory drugs for weight loss, there is no magic pill, and the body adjusts to whatever you put in it.

I hope things work out well for her.

 

[gainer77]

Thanks, I appreciate the advice. I've read that using Keto-7 or Gugglebolic will help stimulate Thyroid again. I'll look into this, and I think she is done messing with this stuff.

Thanks again.

http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/tiratricol.html

Losing weight is all about creating a calorie deficit and having the thyroid gland working to its optimum (Mr. Montana's advice).

She has gone hypothyroid as a result of the drug, which it is designed to do as it is used in the treatment of thryoid cancer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiratricol

There may be some herbal supps that may stimulate thyroid activity, a bit of extra iodine may help.

Either see an endocrinologists now to have them monitor her recovery (or she may be put on thyroxine if the suppression is permanent), or just wait a few months and get tested again to see if she recovers naturally.

In the meantime, as her metabolism is slow, and there is a strong possibility she will have rebound weight gain, get her going to the gym and training with weights and doing some cardio.

There is always a rebound effect when people use stimulatory drugs for weight loss, there is no magic pill, and the body adjusts to whatever you put in it.

I hope things work out well for her.