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Graves and Acetyl l carnite advice

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cornelia62291
cornelia62291

Suffering with graves and hyperthyroidism for last three years. I recently started taking acetyl l carnite 500mg daily (+25mg of carbimazole) in hopes of raising TSH to avoid upcoming operation. Recent bloods show normal range T3 and T4 (they even slightly dropped), unfortunately TSH hasn't moved from <0.02. Shall I increase acetyl l carnite to 1000mg and try to delay op or does it not work on some people? Thanks, really don't want op!

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    ekaterina43201 cornelia62291

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    do you usually continue the treatment when the values return to normal? if yes, how long? do you know if the symptoms can come back and in what period? how often is it good to check the values after they come back to normal?

    thank you for answers.

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