Posted by chemist on July 31, 2004, at 16:30:55
In reply to Cytomel short half life?, posted by gardenergirl on July 31, 2004, at 15:47:22
hello gg, chemist here....i would post this again for larry/sls/king vultan/barbaracat but i have a few nuggets i can give right now that might do you some good...the push into hyperthyroidism that you read about can occur, and you do have to watch the stimulants....when i had a (very good) run with parnate a few years back, i took care to specify to my dentist that i needed the epi-free novacaine (the ``standard'' novacaine comes with epi; the plain stuff is on-hand, just ask). my opinion - and i'd check with others, as this is not my area, but i am stealing liberally from my texts here, so the info is pretty reliable from that point of view - is that the epi/caffeine are related to headaches, and you might be exacerbating them if you drink tea, eat chocolate, and so on. the hip thing sounds like a whole different can of worms to me, but again, this is pretty far afield from my usual jaunt. i can state that avoiding the stimulants is a good idea, and 25 ug is on the low end of the maintenence spectrum. anyhow, thought i'd jump in a.s.a.p. and hopefully you can page some posters who are more in tune with this med than i.....all the best, chemist
> I started Cytomel (25 ug) about two weeks ago. This is intended as an adjunct to Nardil for atypical depression. I also take Synthroid (50ug) for hypothyroidism. My TSH in April was 2.25.
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> Since I started Cytomel, I have noticed the following symptoms, and I wonder which, if any, are side effects:
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> 1)I've had a headache for a few days that is not quite a migraine, not quite a sinus headache. It's definitely not a tension headache, eihter. More like one sided pain in the frontal area. It feels like my head is like a bowl of jello, and the lining of my skull is a raw nerve...so when I move my head too much, the jello goes splat against the nerve and ouch! Tylenol doesn't help. My BP is still within normal limits (125/75 at its highest).
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> 2) I am much more sensitive to the effects of caffeine, especially in the a.m. I read somewhere that cytomel can actualy push someone into hyperthyroidism for a few hours after taking it. Also, the epinephrine in the novacaine I got at the dentist yesterday morning caused tachycardia and tremors for about 15-20 minutes. Ugh! Especially cause I have to go back in two weeks.
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> 3) I've got some odd hip pain that started last weekend. It's not in a joint, but rather at the top of the hip, where you would put your hands on your hips. It's definitely in the bone, though, and not muscle or tissue.
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> Any thoughts? Any of this related? I think the sensitivity to caffeine and epinephrine are related, and possibly the headache, but what's up with the hip? Osteoporosis wouldn't affect me that quickly would it? Plus, I take 1200 mg of calcium each day.
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> Thanks in advance,
> gg
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