OK since nobody will respond to my post for my wife about CYTOMEL how about this...

[ArizonaFeeds]

Am I safe to assume that 5 MCG is 10 x's LESS than 50 mcgs. And 50 mcgs is what a female might take to experience good weight loss.

AND if she is on Levoxyl, is there a GUESS as to how much t3 she maybe getting with 50mcgs of levoxyl and 5 mcgs of cytomel a day. After considering the conversion of Levoxyl to t4 and t3??????


ANYBODY?? Bueller.... Bueller?????

 

[Bulk King]

I've read your posts and would love to help if I only had a clue. I know you said her regular doctor did'nt know, but who gave her the perscription? Should'nt they know?
Also since you are asking advice for a woman maybe you would get better success on the female board. Just a thought.
I know there are guys that say they are doctors here, wonder why they have'nt chimed in. Maybe you need to be an endocronoligist to really answer correctly and they don't want to give out possibly bad medical advice.
Anyway bump this, good luck bro.

 

[brownpaperbag04]

Am I safe to assume that 5 MCG is 10 x's LESS than 50 mcgs. And 50 mcgs is what a female might take to experience good weight loss.

AND if she is on Levoxyl, is there a GUESS as to how much t3 she maybe getting with 50mcgs of levoxyl and 5 mcgs of cytomel a day. After considering the conversion of Levoxyl to t4 and t3??????

I'm not exactly sure on the T3, but I'd think it would have next to no effect at 5mcg alone.

However I've read a little about Levoxyl... The normal prescribed tract gives off 40-80% of the normal T4 in the body. 80% of T4 usually converts over to T3. So by those percentages T3 levels should rise 32% to 64% if the doctor prescribed it accurately.

 

[Playmate Sky]

I have cycled t3 years ago. I hope this helps. I would reccomend her checking to make sure she does not have a thyroid problem to begin with. As far as mcgs and all that I am sorry but I do not follow you. I had a couple bottles here but cannot find them so Ill just tell you how I cycled it. I am more than sure each pill contains 25 mcgs though. No need to go more than 75 total.
I took Cytnomel for 6 weeks. It can also be taken for a 4 week cycle to make it shorter. The key is to increase and decrease it very slowly.
I took one pill everyday for about 4 days days then I went up to 2 pills for another 4 or 5 days and finally up to 3 pills. I took 3 pills everyday halfway through my 4th week then I slowly decreased it back down to 1 pill.

Ex:

Week 1:

1 1 1 1 2 2 2

Week 2:
2 2 2 3 3 3 3

Week 3:
3 3 3 3 3 3

Week 4:
3 3 3 2 2 2 2

Week 5:
2 2 2 2 2 2 1

Week 6:
1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 

[Bulk King]

He said in a previous thread she does have a thyroid issue.

Just doing a little reading, according to Anabolics 2000 women should'nt exceed a 50mcg daily dose and should probably start out at about a quater of that and build up by increasing dosage every few days until max dosage is reached, taper the same way to come off. Since Levoxly works through converting to T3 I would say drop it altogether and start with a dose around 12.5mcg of cytomel which is the same potency as 50mcg of Levoxly. Also my readings have shown that 50mcg is a fairly small dose of t4, so I wonder if that treatment would'nt have been more successfull if the dose had been gradually increased to 150-200mcg. Just some thoughts.

 

[ArizonaFeeds]

Bulk King

That was a great response and made a lot of sense. These doctors are idiots and we live in a pretty remote area. She did increase on her own to 1.5 tabs of the 50 mcg levoxyl because she was not feeling any better. We are kind of forced to figure it out on our own. She will be getting a referral to see an endo soon... this is TWO years after being put on the levoxyl by th PCP.

Based on your ideas of conversion I think I will show her, and see if she feels it would be prudent to stay at 1.5 tabs levoxyl and 2 tabs of the 5mcg cytomel. SHe actually works in the medical field too that is why I have seen the worst of, and lost MUCH faith in, at least, the doctors in our area.

Thanks for all your responses.

Semper Fi

 

[Playmate Sky]

I wasnt aware about her thyroid condition but I guess that is where the other medication comes into place. That sucks. Good luck.
By the way, I have taken cynomel 3 times in my life at 75 mcgs and was fine. But I didnt find it to be as useful as other things when trying to cut up.

 

[ArizonaFeeds]

She took 75 mcgs of levoxyl and and additional 5 mcg of cytomel. So by my calculations with what Bulk King says it should translate to about 29 mcg of t3. I don't know about t4. She SHOULD have defintely been increased in her Levoxyl a longt time ago but was not. She has been complaining for a long itme now about it and symptoms of myxedema, especailly swelling of the face, I mean puffy, don't ge tthe wrong idea or she will kick my butt

The problem now is she can't increase too much without going through the doc because of the insurance will only cover the refills every so often. So it might be to Mexico we go. I am a little leary about something as touchy as thyroid meds from Mexico though.

so at about 30 mcg of t3 she is feeling much better
Not sure how much t4 75 mcg of levoxyl is providing. Or is that (levoxyl) t4 in itself??????

 

[Bulk King]

Levoxyl is Levothyroxine sodium, it comes in different trade names the most popular where I am being Synthroid. From Anabolics 2000 "Specifically this is a synthetically manufactured thyroid hormone, with the effect of the endogenous hormone thyyroxine(T-4)."
So yeah, it's T4. The dose she is taking now should be about as effective as 18.75mcg of T-3 with the T-3 bringing the total up to 23.75mcg of T-3.
You may be able to order T-4 and T-3 legally from a Canadian Pharmacy with a perscription. You could fax your perscription to a Canadian Pharm, then you could use it locally as well to get twice as much.
http://www.universaldrugstore.com/optionA.htm

 

[ArizonaFeeds]

Thanks Bulk King. The problem is that the pharmacy( Wlgreen's) kept the script. Except for the refills on the bottle.