A short excerpt from a YouTube conversation hosted by Dr. Tabatha Barber about appropriate T3 (liothyronine) dosing. Speakers warn that higher doses of T3 can directly affect the heart, cause arrhythmias, lead to ER visits, and increase risk of blood clots and stroke; the clip emphasizes these are serious, non-benign side effects.
And I want people to understand like these higher dose T3s, they directly affect your heart. I've you know taken care of multiple people who had to go to the er they thought they were having a heart attack or they go into an arrhythmia where their heart rhythm isn't normal.
And that.
It can increase your risk for blood clot and a stroke like you mentioned like these are not benign side effects. Right?
They are in these medicines are very safe when they're used appropriately. People do not casually have a heart attack, they don't casually have a stroke. But also no one should be on 50 or 70 micrograms of Cytomel. There's not a human on the face of the planet that needs to be taking 50 micrograms of cytomal. Not even if you don't have a thyroid gland. Like so this gross negligent over medicating people is not only hurting the progression of thyroid care in general, I mean it's killing people literally.
