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Thyroid (T-3,Ti-Tre)
Generic
Name: synthetic thyroid hormone
Description:
Thyroid tablets
are a potent mixture of compounds, which may dramatically stimulate the
production and manufacture of Thyroid hormones in the body.
Thyroid hormone is reported to enhance metabolic rate resulting in enhanced
rates of fat loss.
Thyroid is an excellent fat burner since your metabolism is greatly
increased. It also helps to make steroids more effective since it is
such a good aid for protein synthesis.
Normally Thyroid is started with a low dosage, about 25 mcgs. per day
and increase by about one tab or 25 mcgs, per day every 5-6 days, to max
100 mcg per day. On days that bodybuilder takes multiple tabs, the tabs
should be divided evenly across the day (i.e. 100 mcgs. would be 4 doses
of 25 mcgs apiece, spread evenly across the day). It is also needed that
person cycles down off this product as well to keep the thyroid
functioning properly. It is wise not to take
Thyroid for more than 5
weeks. After doing a cycle with Thyroid, it should not be taken for 8
weeks, to allow normal thyroid fuctioning to return.
The Thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped organ located in the neck. Its
main function is to produce thyroid hormones, which control the bodys
metabolic rate. The Thyroid gland uses iodine (mostly available from the
diet in foods such as seafood, bread, and salt) to produce
Thyroid hormones. The two most important
Thyroid hormones are thyroxine (T4) and
triiodothyronine (T3). While a small amount of T3 is actually made in
the Thyroid gland, most of it is converted in the tissues from the T4
released from the Thyroid gland into the blood. T3 is the active hormone
that affects the metabolism of cells. An excess of
Thyroid hormones
(hyperthyroidism) overstimulates the body, resulting in increased heart
rate, anxiety, and weight loss, while a lack of
Thyroid hormones
(hypothryoidism) can cause depression, sluggishness, weight gain, and
heart failure. Hyperthyroidism is rare (affecting about 1 percent of the
population), while mild, subclinical hypothyroidism may be much more
common than most people think. Subclinical hypothyroidism is estimated
to occur in a significant percentage of the adult American population.
One side effect of Thyroid deficiency is high cholesterol. It is very
possible that many people are being prescribed cholesterol-lowering
statin drugs while their underlying problemlow
Thyroid functiongoes
unaddressed.
There are a number of approaches to increasing
Thyroid hormone,
including use of synthetic hormones (both T3 and T4) and natural
desiccated Thyroid hormone from animals. New combination drugs provide
fixed ratios of T3 and T4. The choice of which form of thyroid hormone
to use is an individual decision. Consequences of Low
Thyroid Hormone
The vast majority of the Thyroid hormone produced by the
Thyroid gland
is T4. However, T4 has only a slight effect on the bodys metabolic
rate. The more active hormone is T3. To supply the necessary T3, the
liver and other tissues convert T4 into T3. T4 and T3 are essential for
regulating metabolic processes throughout the body, including:
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maintaining the basal metabolic rate;
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making more glucose available to meet the elevated metabolic demands;
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stimulating new protein synthesis;
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increasing metabolism of lipids and conversion of cholesterol into bile
acids, activating lipoprotein lipase, and increasing sensitivity of
adipose tissue to hormones that stimulate the breakdown of fat;
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increasing cardiac output and blood flow;
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increasing neural transmission.
The most common test used to measure
Thyroid function is determination
of Thyroid -stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. TSH is produced by the
pituitary gland; it stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete T3 and T4.
TSH is elevated in response to low Thyroid hormone levels, while TSH
levels are low in response to elevated
Thyroid hormone levels. While
this test is commonly used, and recent improvements have made it more
sensitive, there is a good chance that the standard reference ranges
used by many laboratories are so wide that many people with subclinical
hypothyroidism are not correctly diagnosed. This means that potentially
tens of thousands of people suffering from depression, heart disease, or
weight gain may be unaware that their conditions are actually due to low
Thyroid hormone.
Conventional treatment almost always begins with synthetic T4 drugs,
including Synthroid and Levoyxl (levothyroxine). Low doses are usually
used at first because a rapid increase in
Thyroid hormone may result in
cardiac damage. In a study of thyroidectomized rats (rats whose
Thyroid glands had been surgically removed) treated with levothyroxine alone, no
single dose was able to restore normal concentrations of TSH, T4, and T3
in the blood and normalize T4 and T3 levels in all tissues and organs
analyzed.
In most tissues, the dose of levothyroxine required to produce normal T3
levels resulted in significantly elevated T4 levels. For some patients,
hypothyroidism symptoms persist despite standard thyroxine or
levothyroxine replacement therapy. T4 therapy may be no more effective
than placebo in improving cognitive function and psychological
well-being in patients with symptoms of hypothyroidism, despite
Thyroid function test scores well within the Instead, only combination therapy,
using levothyroxine administered at the same time as T3, is able to
restore natural thyroid hormone levels.
One such combination option is a drug called
Thyroid, which combines
synthetic T3 and T4 in a fixed 4:1 ratio. Caution should be used,
however, in administering T3 to people over age 50 because of the
increased risk of cardiac problems due to increased levels of T3.
Another T3 option is a drug called Cytomel, which is a synthetic form of
T3 and which can be used in combination with T4. A recent study reported
that in some hypothyroid patients, the combination of T4 and T3 resulted
in improved mood and psychological function compared with monotreatment
with T4.
Package:
100 tablets per box.
40 mcg per tablet.
Usage:
Average
dose is 25-100 mcgs a day.
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