Title: Why Synthroid isn’t Causing Weight Loss and How to Fix it
Headings: Why Synthroid isn’t Causing Weight Loss and How to Fix it
Why Synthroid isn’t Causing Weight Loss and How to Fix it
Understanding Thyroid Function and Weight Gain vs Weight Loss
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Does Synthroid Cause Weight Loss?
​How Long Before Synthroid Helps with Weight Loss?
Synthroid vs NDT vs T3 for Weight Loss
Patients that do well on Synthroid and T4 only medications: ​
Patients who do well on NDT and other forms of T4 + T3 combos:
Patients who do well on T3 only medications like Cytomel and Liothyronine:
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Content: This isn't to say that it will have this effect in every person, because that's certainly not the case. In fact, most people do still need some T4 medication, the problem is that they also need pure T3 medication and most Doctors don't frequently prescribe T3 containing medications. The amount of T3 that you need depends generally on how many chronic medical problems you have or how sick you are. ​The sicker the patient, the more T3 they generally need. If your plan is to take Synthroid or levothyroxine for weight loss and you aren't hypothyroid then you are most certainly out of luck. Because even if you have hypothyroidism it's NOT likely to cause significant weight loss by itself (6), except for certain circumstances. Studies have shown that even taking suppressive doses of LT4 (levothyroxine) to lower the TSH does NOT result in weight loss. But this study did show that lowering the TSH did slightly increase the basal metabolic rate of women, but not enough to normalize free T3 levels. ​How Long Before Synthroid Helps with Weight Loss? So why is it that some people are able to lose weight on Synthroid while other patients don't lose any weight and some very unlucky patients actually gain weight on it?