I am so jealous

pushka · 11-07-2003, 06:42 PM

I am currently on 150mcg levothyroxine and I reckon I am no better on it than I was off it although my blood tests now say I am in limits, even slightly hyper by TSH test.

But in Australia levothyroxine is the ONLY drug available. No dessicated thryoid here (Armour) Drs think Im ***** - you must be better your bloods are normal - But I do not FEEL better - I could fall asleep in this chair I say - I just have to close my eyes and Im asleep!

Sigh

jinglebts · 11-07-2003, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pushka

I am currently on 150mcg levothyroxine and I reckon I am no better on it than I was off it although my blood tests now say I am in limits, even slightly hyper by TSH test.

But in Australia levothyroxine is the ONLY drug available. No dessicated thryoid here (Armour) Drs think Im ***** - you must be better your bloods are normal - But I do not FEEL better - I could fall asleep in this chair I say - I just have to close my eyes and Im asleep!

Sigh

pushka,

can you not get cytomel there either? is it just not something YOUR doctor won't prescribe? i'm on a synthroid/cytomel combo and feel better than when i was just on synthroid alone ... much

better, actually ...

hmmm ... i know OZ is advanced medically, so do NOT understand this ... don't feel you're in the boonies just because you can't get armour ...

what's the lower limit -- 0.3? can you change your endo?

jb

midwest1 · 11-07-2003, 10:14 PM

Pushka,
Look at this patient's story in the Thyroid Australia newsletter. It talks about natural dessicated thyroid being the patient's salvation, and it describes what a problem it is getting a doctor to prescribe it. Apparently, it is available, but very hard to obtain.
[url]http://www.***********.au/Stories/UnravellMystery.html[/url]

midwest1 · 11-07-2003, 10:29 PM

I've been surfing the web a bit further and discovered that T3 (such as Cytomel) is known as Tertroxine in Australia. You could check into adding that to your levothyroxine.

pushka · 11-08-2003, 12:12 AM

Hey Guys

thanks for all the research!

I checked with my GP and with a hormone specialist (not an endo) and both of them have said that Levo is the only drug available. They wont refer me to an endo!

I dont get it - its like their egos are invested in all this.

I will follow your leads and try it again.

onwards