What's a Normal Thyroid Test

Click the video to pause play. This video is 4:10 minutes in duration and took 17 seconds to load over a DSL connection. You will need the latest version of the Free QuickTime Player to view it. Additional help for Mac users.

T-4 and t-3 together? - The Key to Thyroid Replacement

Mouse over the video, or right click, to activate the controls. This video is 1:53 minutes. You will need the Free QuickTime Player to view it. Additional help for Mac users.



Text Summary
JAMA 2/20/08, PAGE 769-777

It is well known that there is a distinct group of people who become hypothyroid and don’t return to normal feels of health even with fully normal serum T-4 free levels. Often the addition of T-3 replacement helps for a time but often energy flags after a few months.

This is an excellent scientific approach to the problem but in my mind will not have me do anything different.

I still don’t know the answer but I do know the way to approach this problem. In the main, patients usually will better by pushing T-4 free near the top, the TSH down near the bottom and use a healthy amount of Vitamin D3 (50,000) IU daily for a month or two.