Thyroid Medication and the Thyroid Calculator
Here is the comprehensive breakdown of the steps and how this helpful thyroid calculator can help you learn more about your health:
Step 1: The Dose
Please enter the dose of your thyroid medication or medications. As I mentioned before, if you are on one thyroid prescription, simply enter it on its own. If you are on multiple thyroid prescriptions, please do your best to enter them all.
If you are not on NDT, please enter your dosage in milligrams. Some of the most common products include:
- Naturethyroid
- WP Thyroid
- Armour Thyroid
- NP Thyroid
- Erfa
- Compounded desiccated thyroid.
Please enter your dose of T4 in mcg. Products here include:
- Tirosint
- Levothyroxine
- Synthroid
- Levoxyl
- Compounded T4
Finally, enter your dose of T3 in mcg. These products may include:
- Cytomel
- Liothyronine
- Compounded T3
Step 2: Weight
Enter your body weight in pounds to help the calculator gain a better sense of how much thyroid medication your body truly needs.
Step 3: Gender
After entering your gender, if you are a woman, please indicate whether you are premenopausal or menopausal.
Please include perimenopause in premenopause and postmenopause in menopausal (How to lose weight if you are in menopause).