CYTOMEL Reviews (LIOTHYRONINE SODIUM)Average Rating: 3.5 (279 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CYTOMEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CYTOMEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Hypothyroidism | Dizziness, irritable, slight headache, | I feel like a different person, was on eltroxin for many years and I felt no different, I'm on the cytomel and I have no more depression, I sleep like the dead, no more constipation, I seem to be gaining weight slightly which freaks me out but I also feel cold sensitive still | F | 35 | 2 weeks 25mcg | 8/13/2019 | 5 | Off label depression | Stopped the tears and daily crying, stopped wanting to sleep all the time. | F | 45 | 2 years 37.5 | 4/9/2019 | 5 | Treatment resistant depression | Restart after 6 months off. Have really cold hands. That's odd because never before. Cannot take the generic | Saved my life. Treatment resistant depression. NOTHING WORKED. Everything backfired. Why you say? Because I was hypothyroid. . It was my psych who gave me the Cytomel. PCP and ENDO, jokers. I was trying to kill myself off whenever I wasn't exhausted from trying to get yet another size larger jean on. I finally did the research and came up with this. There is a sun out there after all! It's name is Cytomel. PCP and ENDO won't even put it on my records that I take Cytomel. Two years they've waited to be "right". They still aren't. The lyothryonine IS NO GOOD. Itching and rash all over and mood was horrible. I thought, "crap, I've got to get this suicide thing down and get out of this world right now. First I did my research some more. I have a ton of allergies. I followed the trail of the company all the way to the fillers they used. There it was. Sulfur from India as yellow color number 3. Canada was buying the lio- from India then putting it through their system as made in Canada. They slid right past there was no T3 in it either. Anyway, went name brand and my life did a 180. I have Heart Failure so I watch everything closely. I would advise all of you to pay attention if you have any physical issues at all. YOU have to stay on top of how you are feeling or if something is wrong. There are different things and conditions that interact with Cytomel and it and your life can go south in a hurry, so pay attention. Your cardio will | F | 62 | 2 years 25 mcg 1X day | 8/14/2018 | 5 | Hashimotos | I've used successfully a generic brand (Paddock/Perrigo) for years with no side effects. These particular brands were dairy-, gluten- and starch-free, though, a must for Hashimotos. I learned through thyroid websites that Pfizer's Cytomel contains a kind of wheat starch as a filler, so I've stayed away from it and other generics, such as SigmaPharm and Mylan. I panicked when Perrigo recently was discontinued, but Mayne Pharma is making what I hear is a generic that is also dairy-, soy-, gluten- and starch-free. I'm starting it soon and will report on its effectiveness. The only other alternative is compounding. I've had no problems and no side effects with the generics that had no fillers that I would react to. | Others' side effects may be from fillers used in manufacturing, especially those with Hashimotos. This is a miracle drug in my experience. A dramatic life changer for the better. | F | 69 | 4.5 years 25 mcg 2X day | 4/9/2018 | 4 | Thyroidectomy/CA 1985 | No side effects…only positive | Had total thyroidectomy in 1985 due to thyroid CA....FINALLY found a Dr who would listen and supplemented my synthroid with Cytomel....feel like myself for the first time in 30 years. | F | 61 | 1 years 5 mcg 1X day | 3/17/2018 | 2 | T4 not converting T3 | Headaches, increased heart rate even while sitting/laying down, increase in body temp/fever | I contacted my doctor today about these side effects I'm experiencing. The medication doesn't seem like it is making a difference in how I feel, in addition to adding unpleasant side effects. | F | 54 | 3 weeks 5mg 1X day | 1/23/2018 | 4 | Thyroid ablation | Just balanced me out | F | 62 | 0 days 5mcg | 5/22/2017 | 4 | Thyroidectomy/Thyroid Cancer | Better energy, happier, no more acne, no more dry skin. | Added 5mg of cytomel to my 75mcg of levothyroxine. I feel much better on the combo. The only downside is that I gained weight. But that can be different for each individual. | F | 31 | 1 months 5mg 1X day | 3/4/2017 | 1 | To supplement 150 synthroid | The side effects were debilitating leg cramps, constipation, headache. | I stopped taking it and am not taking the 150 synthroid to see if I can function on that alone. Armour is great but I'm still cold. | F | 66 | 7 days 5 3x-day | 2/27/2017 | 5 | Conversion issue | At first my doctor gave me 20mg with 100mg T4 I got dizziness and could not sleep. I was on 125 T4 only originally. I backed off for a while then slowly added it 2.5 each week. Doing really well. | Have to have a really good pill cutter and take my T4 At 6am .5 T3 at 10am 3 pm and the .25 at 6pm. A pain but my life is normal again:) | F | 52 | 8 months 6.25mg | 2/3/2017 | 5 | Conversion Issue with T4 | At 10 I had a rapid heart and vertigo. | Love it!!! I spent 16 months after my surgery in a horrible mental fog, weight gain, hair loss, generally miserable. Tried every dose of T4 from 175 to 112. Had to go to an internist and I take 100 T4 and the 7.5 T3. The brain fog was severe and that started getting better within days. Had to stop the T4 for a few days and then started the Cytomel at 2.5 and worked up 2.5 every 10 days. Saved my job and am not anxious or depressed anymore. Was a lifesaver for me...even though the endo stated my labs were fine. My life was not. LOVE it!!! | F | 52 | 3 months 7.5 | 9/15/2016 | 3 | don't convert T4 to T3 | Extreme nausea | Cytomel definitely helped improve my thyroid numbers but the nausea became too much and I discontinued it | F | 90 days 5 mg 1X day | 7/28/2016 | 5 | Hypothyroid/Major Depressive Disord | Increase in energy, no longer feel like all I want to do is sleep, daily crying has greatly reduced | Have been on levothyroxine for about 8 years and just never felt any benefit to being on it, had crazy weight gain of synthroid (18lbs in 3 months). After a ton of research and lots of debate with in primary care doc, I went off of synthyroid, she wouldn't even consider cytomel. My shrink prescribed the cytomel for depression and so far I am very optimistic. I will never go back to synthroid or any other T4 drug. If cytomel continues to lift my depression and hopefully my panic attacks, my goal is to get off of lexapro/buspar. | F | 45 | 4 weeks 25 mcg 1X day | 7/6/2016 | 1 | Hashmotos | I had horrible time taking cytomel. I had this weird feeling in my head, I was so tired and sore. I felt like I had the flu not to mention was very panicked while taking it. | I know it's helped others but it wasn't for me. I'll stick to synthroid. | F | 30 | 10 days 5mg twice | 5/26/2016 | 4 | Hashimoto's thyroiditis | I've only been on it two days, but already feel a difference: more awake, more energy! I have been hypothyroid for DECADES, and given Synthoid (a.k.a. "Syncrap") for decades, by TSH-obsessed, ignorant doctors. I never felt much better on Synthroid and physicians always told me "your TSH is fine", and insinuated that my complaints were 'all in my head'. What jerks! Endocrinologists were particularly useless and especially uncaring. Last winter I discovered Stop The Thyroid Madness book and website & learned about NDT (natural dessicated thyroid). I found a naturopathic doctor who was knowledgable about NDT, and got on it asap. What a HUGE difference! People, if your doctor focuses on 'what your TSH level is", RUN! Find a good healer who prescribes NDT! Recently my dr said I needed to add T3 to my NDT, and I started. Cytomel 2 days ago. I feel my brainfog lifting & am thinking more clearly already! Good stuff! | I have no side effects, so far. I may need to up my dosage level over time. This stuff is great (for me)! Be sure to check out STTM- google it, it will change your life if you have thyroid disease! (stop the thyroid madness dot com) | F | 53 | 2 days 5 2X day | 5/3/2016 | 4 | hypothyroidism/ weight gain | stomach cramps approx. 5-6 hours after taking. It goes away after an hour or so. May or may not be related, but only occurred since I've been taking it. Sometimes I feel hyped up mentally. | For three weeks I've been on 25mcg once a day 30 mins. before lunch, or 2 hours after lunch. Seemed to work right away for me as far as energy and feeling good. I don't take afternoon naps anymore and instead of falling asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm awake longer. It hasn't helped with my weight gain this far,which was what I was hoping for. I've gained 40lbs since December 2014 and no matter what I did I couldn't lose it. I workout and never stopped, because my thyroid was out of whack I slowed down. I went longer to compensate, but I kept gaining. I'm hoping this kicks in so I can start losing. My endocrinologist said this should jump start my thyroid /metabolism. Nothing yet though. | F | 44 | 3 weeks 25 | 3/15/2016 | 5 | Hypothyroidsm (Hishimatoso) | Sleepiness, weight loss, | F | 53 | 2 times 7.5MG | 12/25/2015 | 5 | hashimoto | Love it.I take Cytomel only 60 mcg. Did very poorly on Synthroid. Experienced massive hair loss. As soon as I was given Cytomel only my hair loss stopped within a week. I can function normally. When my hypothyroid gets worse and I need to increase my dose I start loosing more hair . I adjust my dose and hair loss stops. It's a life saver. Love it, love , love it. | F | 54 | 10 years 60mcg | 9/15/2015 | 4 | Thyroid Cancer/No Thyroid | Sleep Apnea Headache Loss of Appetite Nausea | I have a little more energy on Cytomel but I know my doctor will have to increase my dose. I just started this combination of 5 MG of Cytomel with 175 mcg of Levo. I have been on 325 mcg Synthroid only for years and felt awful. | F | 48 | 1 months 5 MG 1X day | 8/20/2015 | 5 | Hashimoto & Thyrodectomy | So far I have had no negative side affects. | I am a male 74 years old and an avid writer. I had been on thyroid replacement therapy since age 17. I was feeling foggy, sleeping 10 hours every night, lethargic, my mind was gone on vacation and I was unable to write. I argued with my Dr. about not reducing my T4. but he reduced it anyway. He said I needed to go the "Quack" in Spanish Fork. As I left his office, I ask him, "What is the address of that Quack?" I went to the Quack who turned out to be my Savior. She started me with 5mcg twice a day then she prescribed 10mcg twice a day. My T4 was reduced to by the first Dr from 150mcg to 125mcg. The Quack reduced my T4 from 125mcg to 100mcg, but also increased my cytomel, now at 10mcg twice per day. Overall I have lost about 20 pounds all belly fat, but that was just a plus. What is important is, I got my life back. I am now sleeping 8 hours a night, instead of 10. I wake up invigorated, rested, and refreshed. My mind decided to function again and now I am back writing. I got my life back! I am so thankful that I went to see that Quack! I had no idea that T3 even existed. My family Dr was wrong, he was "old" school and refused to treat me for T3. My life would have been over had I not gone to the Quack in Spanish Fork, UT. She treated me with cytomel and now the foggyness in my mind is gone. Without my ability to write, my life was meaningless. I am here, 100%. It is good to be back. Thank you Father in Heaven, thank you! | M | 74 | 6 months 10 MCG 2X day | 8/5/2015 |