
15Katey
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My thyroid levels have been up and down like a yoyo for the past few years. I'm trying my hardest to get my levels stabilized so I can visit a naturopathic doctor in the future. My goal is to visit that type of a doctor so we can get to the root cause of my Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. My antibody levels are very high and I'd like to know why. The only time they've gone down in recent memory has been a few months ago. I suspect the reason for this was because I was taking too much thyroid medication and was slightly hyper. I was taking too much Nature-Thryoid. We all know how that turned out. It was recalled. I'll never take any thyroid natural medication again. I just can't trust that it'll be around long term. Plus, I don't trust that the level of medication is consistent in the natural pills. Because of this, I'm currently taking Synthroid (Levothyroxine) for my T4 levels. When I was last tested, the Functional Medicine doctor tested my TSH, T4, and T3. I had been taking Synthroid for about a month or so. When I got my test results back, we learned that my body doesn't convert the T4 into T3 properly, so I now have to take Cytomel (liothyronine), which is basically T3. I feel good that I'm taking two different drugs for the T4 and the T3 because we can better keep the levels in balance this way.
So here's the problem. My doctor put my on 125mcg of Synthroid once per day, which doesn't cost very much at the pharmacy. It's like $10 or something and my hearth insurance pays for that. The Cytomel generic isn't covered though, so I have to pay cash. I had the prescription called into Walmart and they told me that it costs close to $300 for a 90 day supply. That's 5mcg twice per day, so it's 180 pills. That blew my mind because it's so expensive. Then, after a week of trying to figure out what to do, the receptionist at the doctor's office told me about GoodRx. I went to their website and put in the information. The price of the 90 day supply of liothyronine dropped from $300 to $50. I'm wondering how I didn't know about this service. I've been paying cash for prescriptions for decades. At least I know now, which I'm happy about.
So we'll see how this turns out. I hope to increase my levels of T3 and then I'll see if the Hashimoto's antibodies drop at all. Everything else was okay - the T4 and the TSH, so it's just the T3 that we need to concern ourselves with. I'll keep you updated.
So here's the problem. My doctor put my on 125mcg of Synthroid once per day, which doesn't cost very much at the pharmacy. It's like $10 or something and my hearth insurance pays for that. The Cytomel generic isn't covered though, so I have to pay cash. I had the prescription called into Walmart and they told me that it costs close to $300 for a 90 day supply. That's 5mcg twice per day, so it's 180 pills. That blew my mind because it's so expensive. Then, after a week of trying to figure out what to do, the receptionist at the doctor's office told me about GoodRx. I went to their website and put in the information. The price of the 90 day supply of liothyronine dropped from $300 to $50. I'm wondering how I didn't know about this service. I've been paying cash for prescriptions for decades. At least I know now, which I'm happy about.
So we'll see how this turns out. I hope to increase my levels of T3 and then I'll see if the Hashimoto's antibodies drop at all. Everything else was okay - the T4 and the TSH, so it's just the T3 that we need to concern ourselves with. I'll keep you updated.