The thyroid hormone T3 can also lower cholesterol. While my thyroid
numbers were normal, my body temperature was low. T3 has lowered total
cholesterol from the 215-220 range, which wasn't bad, to 154 without
effecting HDL which is still high. My body temperature has come up on
100 mcg/day of T3 but it still never hits 98.6; most of the day it is
below 98 with a short excursion just above late in the evening. T3 can
suppress TSH but free T3 and free T4 are still way normal. I've just
upped my T3 to 120 mcg and hopefully my cholesterol won't drop any farther.
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Steve - [log in to unmask]
>>Hi Steve, your FT4 is normal although you are on T3 only medication?