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Is It Safe To Take Tertroxin When On Hypo Throid Medication?

Hello Doctor. I am a woman with a hypo thyroid medication - t4 (150 ug). I have gained a lot of weight due to bad habits and not exercising cause I feel very tired....I heard of the medication tertroxin -t3 It helps thyroid patients lose weight. My question is....is this medication harmful or harmless....shud I take it
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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Hi, Welcome to Health care magic forum.
The reasons for your symptoms tiredness,obesity,weakness etc. may be the lack of exercises,anemia,or some chronic infection etc.
I advise you to consult a physician for diagnosis. tetroxin-t3 is a good drug,but it is not useful to reduce the weight. Other wise you can use it as a supplement to the thyroxin.
Take more of green leafy vegetables,pulses,sprouts,and protein rich foods to have blood,general health and resistance against infections.
Wishing for a quick and complete recovery. Thank you.
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If you are hypothyroid patient then you can take the Teratroxin,, weight loss is the side effect of this drugs and not the indication, and this may happen or may not happen in each patient, if you are not hypothyroid patient then you can not take this drug just for its side effect of exerting loss of weight, I hope this information helps you, take care and have nice day.
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Is It Safe To Take Tertroxin When On Hypo Throid Medication?

Hi, Welcome to Health care magic forum. The reasons for your symptoms tiredness,obesity,weakness etc. may be the lack of exercises,anemia,or some chronic infection etc. I advise you to consult a physician for diagnosis. tetroxin-t3 is a good drug,but it is not useful to reduce the weight. Other wise you can use it as a supplement to the thyroxin. Take more of green leafy vegetables,pulses,sprouts,and protein rich foods to have blood,general health and resistance against infections. Wishing for a quick and complete recovery. Thank you.