Can you do the hCG diet while on thyroid medication?

HCG and Thyroid Function A physician monitoring your thyroid function if you’re struggling to lose weight will likely encourage you not to participate in the HCG diet. If you’re planning to take in so few calories, you’re functionally resetting your thyroid to fuel your body on an inadequate number of calories.

Does hCG mess with your thyroid?

When the concentrations of hCG are very high (ie >200,000), as can be seen in the first trimester of pregnancy, it may actually turn on the thyroid gland and cause it to make extra thyroid hormone (thyroxine [T4] and triiodothyronine [T3]) which, in turn, may turn off the production of TSH from the pituitary.

Can you take hCG with hypothyroidism?

Conclusions: Human chorionic gonadotropin is associated with the risk of (subclinical) hyperthyroidism and hypothyroxinemia, but not with the risk of (subclinical) hypothyroidism.

Does hCG stimulate thyroid?

Structural considerations, along with data from biologic assays and sensitive thyroid function tests, suggest that hCG has significant thyroid-stimulating activity. This information suggests that the thyroid may be under dual control from both hCG and TSH in early pregnancy.

Can hCG cause hyperthyroidism?

In conclusion, hCG has thyroid-stimulating activity that influences thyroid function early in pregnancy when hCG levels are high. Excessive hCG secretion may cause hyperthyroidism in patients with hyperemesis gravidarum or trophoblastic tumors.

What could cause elevated hCG levels?

Although the most common cause of an elevated HCG level in females is pregnancy, occasionally, a HCG-secreting tumor is suspected and other conditions such as gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), nontrophoblastic neoplasms, or a pituitary source of HCG, must be considered.

What thyroid medication did I take before the HCG diet?

I was taking 87.5 mcg of t3 – aka Cytomel – thyroid medication prior to starting the hcg diet. This is a pretty high dose of a pretty potent medication.

Is human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) a thyrotropin agonist?

There is abundant evidence that human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a weak thyrotropin (TSH) agonist. In FRTL-5 rat thyroid cells, hCG increases cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), iodide transport, and cell growth. hCG has thyroid-stimulating activity in bioassays in mice and in clinical studies in man.

Does the hCG hormone help with thyroid problems?

On the other hand, the hormone on its own can be quite helpful, actually. Evidence shows that the HCG hormone has the ability to stimulate thyroid function and it can increase the release of thyroid hormone.

What is HCG used to treat?

HCG is also used in young boys when their testicles have not dropped down into the scrotum normally. This can be caused by a pituitary gland disorder. HCG may also be used for other purposes not listed.