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What is THYROMED 50 (Levothyroxine Sodium T4)?
THYROMED 50 is T4, the gentle half of a thyroid protocol. It runs alongside T3 to keep the pool topped up, and it is the standard treatment on its own if your thyroid is underactive.
Also sold as T4, L-thyroxine, Thyrax, Levoxyl, Euthyrox or Synthroid.
Levothyroxine is synthetic T4, the storage form of thyroid hormone. Your body converts it to T3, the active hormone, at the rate it decides it needs. That is what makes it the gentle one: it tops up the pool your thyroid draws from rather than forcing the metabolic rate up directly.
THYROMED 50 benefits
- Runs alongside T3 to keep the T4 pool topped up while T3 suppresses your own output
- The standard treatment for an underactive thyroid, and the safest thyroid hormone to take
- Far gentler than T3, with a much lower risk of overshooting
- Long half-life, so one dose a day holds levels steady
- Makes coming off a T3 protocol smoother, because there is something in the tank while your thyroid restarts
- 50mcg tablets, which is a standard replacement dose
THYROMED 50 dosage
- Replacement, typical start
- 50mcg per day
- Usual range
- 50 to 150mcg per day
- Adjust from
- A thyroid panel, not from how you feel
- Timing
- Morning, on an empty stomach
- Time to judge
- 4 to 6 weeks
- Coming off
- Taper rather than stopping outright
Take it in the morning on an empty stomach, half an hour before food. Calcium, iron and coffee all reduce how much you absorb.
Adjust from a blood test. Levels build over weeks, so changing the dose after a few days because nothing has happened is how people overshoot.
Package content
- Tablets
- 50 per box, as 2 strips of 25
- Strength
- 50mcg levothyroxine per tablet
- Levothyroxine per box
- 2500mcg, which is 2.5mg
- Form
- Oral tablets
- Brand
- Deus Medical
At 50mcg a day one box covers 50 days.
Store below 30°C. Protect from light. Do not freeze. Keep out of reach of children.
Who is THYROMED 50 for?
Two uses. As an add-on to a T3 protocol, keeping the T4 pool topped up while T3 suppresses your own output and making the come-down easier. And on its own, as the standard treatment if a panel shows your thyroid is underactive.
What it is not is a standalone fat burner for someone with normal thyroid function. T3 is the compound that raises metabolic rate directly. Astera Labs sells the same 50mcg in a sachet.
How to use THYROMED 50
Swallow with water in the morning on an empty stomach, at least half an hour before food. Keep it away from calcium, iron and coffee, which all reduce absorption.
Frequently asked questions
Is this dosed in micrograms or milligrams?
Micrograms, and the distinction matters more here than almost anywhere else in the catalogue. A tablet contains 25 or 50 millionths of a gram.
Reading mcg as mg would mean a thousandfold overdose. Thyroid hormone is one of the few things here where that mistake would land you in hospital, so check the unit on the box.
Will T4 help me lose fat on its own?
Not much, if your thyroid is working normally. Your body compensates by converting a smaller share of it, so the net change in metabolic rate is modest.
It is the support half of a thyroid protocol rather than the engine. Run it alongside T3, or on its own if a panel says your thyroid is genuinely underactive, and it does a real job in both cases.
Why would I run T4 alongside T3?
Because T3 suppresses your own thyroid output while you take it, and that includes the T4 your body would normally be converting. Adding T4 keeps that pool topped up.
The practical benefit shows at the end. Coming off a T3-only run tends to leave you flat and cold for a couple of weeks; having run T4 alongside means there is something in the tank while your own production restarts.
How long until it works?
Weeks rather than days. T4 has a long half-life and levels build gradually, so four to six weeks is a realistic point to judge it by.
Adjusting the dose after a few days because nothing has happened is how people overshoot. Retest instead.
Does it need PCT?
No. Thyroid hormone does not suppress testosterone and there is nothing for a SERM to do.
It does suppress your own thyroid output over time, so taper down rather than stopping outright.