Dyankee, Whether it's ingested, inhaled, or rubbed on, steroids do have an effect on antibody production!

Do you have adrenal insufficiency or Addison's disease? It might be time for a recheck with an endocrinologist!

This is archived prescribing information for levothroid. I don't know which brand you take. It has a lot of potential drug and food interactions, including steroids.

http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed...b-0a05d41f0012

Is there a reason you take both that and Armour Thyroid?

I really think a consult with an endo would be a good idea. No question is stupid, especially when it comes to drugs!!

Annie

Hi, Annie: Thank you for answering so promptly. Believe it or not, I just came from my doc who claims that hc absolutely, positively CANNOT interfere with antibody tests. Ugh! I've taken thyroid medication for over thirty years, but in the last fifteen or so levothyroxine alone didn't seem to be effective anymore. My free T3 level kept going down and finally bottomed out well below the range. We added Armour in and retested over and over until we finally got both T4 and T3 in range, but ever after TSH came in at the bottom of the range. I've gotten into more upsets with endos over this. Even the doc who prescribed this regimen has his doubts from time to time and we go back over the same ground. As to the hc, it was prescribed for adrenal fatigue. Once again (as I have before) I'm giving serious thought to weaning off...except that I don't want to give up MORE of my life to exhaustion. Caught between a rock and a hard place.
Best,
Laurie

The whole point of taking the corticosteroids is to decrease the production of antibody. Those people are being paid way too much for what they do.......

You're too funny....but the truth is, I've found very, very few doctors who actually seemed to be medical professionals; most practice "One size fits all" protocols they learned in medical school. And danged arrogant about it, too. If your problems don't fit within their personal knowledge you must be a hypochondriac. I live in Massachusetts, a state the went with universal health care a couple of years ago. One truly frightening result is that you have a fifteen minute (or less) appointment and if you aren't diagnosed in that time you are out of luck. "NEXT"!