Posted by jane d on March 22, 2004, at 16:23:44
In reply to Re: Calling for advice from BP2 Thyroid types, posted by Minnie-Haha on March 20, 2004, at 17:44:42
MinnnieHaha,
You should definately ask your doctor for his reasoning in prescribing T4 but keep in mind that that is a very low dose. There is a feedback mechanism that tells your body how much thyroid to produce based on how much you have. If you add a thyroid supplement when your own thyroid is working, your own thyroid will produce less of the hormone. So, in the end you might not have anymore thyroid hormone in your body than you do now but less of it would be coming from your own thyroid. That might be what your doctor is trying to do. Ask him.
You might want to take a look at this for some quick information. It's one of my favorite sites.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/thyroiddiseases.htmlJane
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