Thyroid Dose Conversion Calculator

This is something that I came up with a long time ago, but I am now sharing it with you to gain a clearer picture of your health and your thyroid medication. My TSH dose conversion calculator is something I developed years back, and my doctors at Integrative Health have been using it for just as long – to help patients every single day.

After using it for so long, I thought, why not share it with you? I have put it together to be super simple for you: all you have to do is provide what you are currently taking and it will perform like a dynamic thyroid conversion chart, clearly showing equivalent dosages of different thyroid medications.

This thyroid conversion calculator is especially cool to use because, even if you are on multiple medications at one time, it can put them all together for you in one handy package. How neat is that?

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Using My Thyroid Dose Conversion Calculator

Let’s start by breaking down what you are going to see as you use the calculator. First, you are going to notice the various brands at hand, including:

• T3 – Cytomel or Liothyronine (or compounded T3)
• T4 – Synthroid, Levoxyl, Levothyroxine, Tirosint (or compounded T4)
• NDT (natural desiccated thyroid) or DTE (desiccated thyroid extract) – WP Thyroid, Nature Throid, Armor Thyroid, NP Thyroid (or generic desiccated thyroid or compounded)

Equivalency Clarity

It is important to address this idea of equivalency and what we mean by it. Why is that? Well, it is because they can sometimes be like comparing apples to oranges.

In the case of something like T3 and desiccated thyroid (which has T2, as well), the thyroid conversion calculator matches it to equivalent units of T4. That said, people often feel differently from one or the other. This can be in better ways, but often these are ways in which the dosage ranges may not be spot on.

If you were to go from 100 micrograms of T4, you could plug that in and it would reveal that it is equivalent to roughly 1 grain of desiccated thyroid. With that in mind, I would typically err on the more cautious side and go with less than that – three-quarters grain, to start.

Clearing Up Conversion Confusion

Whether you calculate TSH dosage using a conversion chart or with the thyroid conversion calculator, you will want to check and then check again over the next few months. Another important thing to know about desiccated thyroid is that it is expressed in terms of grains – and grains to milligrams ultimately differ from brand to brand.

RLC products, for example, have one grain at 65 milligrams. This is because this particular brand is more exacting about its units. Most other brands, though, will call 1 grain 61 milligrams.

In terms of practical application, using the results my patients get from using the thyroid conversion calculator, I am often asked which thyroid types I am likely to recommend the best. Let me begin with those I do not recommend, though, and that starts with compounded thyroid.

The drawback with compounded thyroid is that it is simply not standardized, which means that the results are not exacting enough to feel confident about the product. Given this, it cannot possibly provide the right benefits for patients consistently.

I cannot stress enough that standardization is a really big deal for thyroid medicine. Lack of standardization makes it very difficult to calculate TSH doses accurately with any form of thyroid conversion chart. We have even seen cases where large margins can be catastrophic. Beyond that, though, small margins can be damaging in their own right. This can be avoided by sticking to consistent medication and the right dose using the results you get from my thyroid conversion calculator.

Try My Calculator Today

Interested in converting your medication to get a clearer picture of your health? Please, take a moment and try my new dosage calculator today. Afterward, please feel free to reach out to learn more about what you can do for your health moving forward.

I hope you enjoyed using my thyroid conversion calculator and that it makes a difference in your life.

Whenever you are ready, here is how I can help you now:

1. Schedule a Thyroid Second Opinion with me, Dr. C.
2. Need a Personalized Supplement? Check out My Thyroid Specific Formulations.
3. Download and use my Favorite Recipes Cookbook.
4. Check out my podcast Medical Myths, Legends, and Fairytales.

Dr. Alan Glen Christianson (Dr. C) is a Naturopathic Endocrinologist and the author of The NY Times bestselling Adrenal Reset Diet, The Metabolism Reset Diet, and The Thyroid Reset Diet. He has seen thyroid conversion charts that are difficult to use and what happens when TSH doses are calculated incorrectly. His experience was integral to the development of this thyroid conversion calculator.

Dr. C’s gift for figuring out what really works has helped hundreds of thousands of people reverse thyroid disease, lose weight, and diabetes, and regain energy. Learn more about the surprising story that started his quest.