[Anonymous February 7, 1997 at 1:43 am Post count: 93172]

#1057007

I have been told that fine tuning your Synthroid levels makes
a big difference in some thyroid patients, but can be difficult
for the doctor and the patient because it requires cutting
pills or alternating pills. Why don’t the makers of Synthroid
make a .005 and .010, which could make it much easier for the
doctor and patient for fine tuning. Example: If a patient
is hypo on .125 and hyper on .150, wouldn’t it make it easier
if you had 4 to 8 different levels to work with? Or does
fine tuning really mean much? If these pills were available
these would be the dosages you could obtain between .125 and
.150 (.130, .135, .140, .145). And there would be more if you
wanted to split the .005.

Any help with this question would be greatly appreciated.

Lynne

[Anonymous February 7, 1997 at 10:51 am Post count: 93172]

#1164994

Synthroid and Levothroid do come in other increments: .088 mcg, .112 mcg, .137 mcg. Maybe this information will help you. Good Luck!!

Dawna

[Anonymous February 7, 1997 at 5:26 pm Post count: 93172]

#1164995

I am one of those lucky people who have to alternate doses. I’m currently
taking .112/4 days/week and .125/3 days/week. I asked my doc the exact
same thing. He said, at one time the drug companies did not even have this
much variance. He also said that most people (I guess that 90% of GD patients)
don’t need that much of a variance in their doses. My guess is that the drug
companies are a business like any other business, if there is not a market
or a demand….there won’t be changes….just a guess. …..Carolyn

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