Do you feel unwell, with elements of your health in need of restoration for you to live a normal life?
Your “Low Thyroid Symptoms” might cease when your body temperature is normalized. (www.wtsmed.com )
THE WTS (T3) PROTOCOL
The following information summarizes what you can expect during the WT3 protocol. You can use it as a road map to help you navigate the treatment. If you decide to pursue the WT3 protocol you should also read the Doctor’s Manual for Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome (WTS), which explains the treatment protocol in full detail. It is very user-friendly and we recommend that you read it from beginning to end. The good news is that if you are a good candidate for the WT3 protocol and you are
willing to work at the protocol your chances of being cured are excellent! How do you know if you are a good candidate for the WT3 protocol?
~ If you have a symptom or symptoms consistent with low thyroid system function (See WTS Symptom Checklist).
~ If you have an average body temperature that is less than 37ºC.
~ If there are no other likely explanations for your symptoms.
It is important to understand that WTS cannot be diagnosed with thyroid blood tests. The primary role of thyroid blood tests in this condition is to make sure that you don’t have other thyroid conditions. This is a hallmark of this condition and its treatment. It’s often difficult for doctors and patients to understand how symptoms can often be cured with thyroid medicine even when thyroid tests don’t show any problems. Like many other conditions, WTS is a diagnosis of exclusion- a diagnosis that is presumed by ruling out other factors. The diagnosis is confirmed by therapeutic trial-which means if you respond to the treatment, that’s a good indication that you were suffering from the condition. If you are a good candidate you have 3 options:
- An herbal approach with WTSmed Supplements- The advantages of this approach is that it’s simple, there’s almost no chance of side effects, and improvement usually occurs in 3-4 weeks.
- WT3 protocol – The advantage of this approach is that there is a greater likelihood of a more pronounced and longer-lasting effect especially in patients with severe cases. However, WT3 requires a high level of commitment and discipline (e.g., taking the medicine on time). There is also a chance of
some cardiovascular side effects such as rapid pulse or palpitations. And, though some patients dramatically improve within hours or days, others
feel significantly worse before feeling better. - WTSmed Supplements in combination with WT3 Protocol – The advantage of doing both at the same time is that this approach covers all the bases. WTSmed Supplements can often guard against the chance of negative effects and extend the benefits of the WT3 protocol. In our experience, this method has yielded the greatest success. Some patients prefer to try WTSmed Supplements such as ThyroCare, Healthy Foundation, and Adaptogen and add WT3 only if necessary. Others like to try the WT3 and only add WTSmed Supplements if required (i.e. some patients need ThyroCare for help getting their
temperature up or Adaptogen for adrenal support). Still, others prefer to start WTSmed Supplements and the WT3 protocol at the same time. WTSmed Supplements can often help patients become candidates for the WT3 protocol when otherwise they might not be.
WHAT THE WT3 PROTOCOL ENTAILS
It’s important that you realize what is involved in the WT3 protocol before you start. If you decide to pursue WT3 therapy it is very important that you comply with the protocol. This involves taking medicine every 12 hours precisely to the minute, as well as monitoring your pulse rate and body temperature on a daily basis. You should count on the treatment requiring a minimum investment of 3-6 months to complete. You will need to visit your treating physician about twice a month, although people with more complex cases often need to come in more frequently. Most patients have at least 8 office visits. Experience has shown that patients who have adequate support and supervision from their doctors usually make fewer mistakes, are more likely to stick with the protocol, have more success, and are happier with the treatment. You may want to think it over for a day or so before deciding if you’re ready to commit to this therapy.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE WT3 PROTOCOL
Up to 20% of patients may find the regimen too demanding and give up before completing the treatment. Of patients that are willing to do the work and stick with the treatment, the following results might be typical:
~ Within 3 months, about 70% of patients successfully finish the treatment. 90% finish within six months. The remaining 10% are rarely treated for more than one year.
~ About 20% of patients feel worse before they felt better.
~ 90% of patients are alleviated of most of their complaints. At times certain complaints may persist after the treatment. These are usually easily alleviated with WTSmed Supplements. Most patients get to the point that they have only one or two complaints left out of the possible 50+ WTS complaints.
~ People typically feel the best when their temperatures are 37ºC and they are off the medicine. Only some people feel extremely well while at 37ºC and on the medicine.
BACKGROUND ON THE WT3 PROTOCOL
The WT3 protocol involves taking incremental doses of a thyroid hormone called T3 which is mixed with a sustained release agent. The dose is increased and then decreased until the body temperature is restored to 37ºC. Most patients are not able to normalize their temperatures on the first cycle. The protocol involves additional cycles until the patient is able to maintain their temperature at 37ºC.
HOW TO GET STARTED ON THE WT3 PROTOCOL
Before beginning the treatment, you should fill out the WTS Symptom Checklist. Rate the severity of each symptom with a number. That way, you’ll be able to compare your progress over time. Once you start feeling better, it’s easy to forget how bad you felt before!
Taking your temperature
When patients start with temperatures of less than 36.11ºC, it can take a while before their temperature gets into the 37º range. If your temperature is nowhere near normal, you can take your temperature once a day. But as your temperature increases to 36.72ºC or 36.78ºC, it is important that you take your temperature at least
twice a day. Take the average by adding two temperatures and dividing by two, or by adding 3 temperatures and dividing by 3.
Taking your medicine
In the morning, before you take your first dose of T3, you should check your pulse rate. Use a watch with a second hand and count your heartbeats for 60 seconds. It is easiest to feel your pulse on your wrist or on your neck. The 12- hour sustained release T3 medicine needs to be taken every 12 hours, twice a day, at the same times every day (for example, 8 am and 8 pm). Try to take the T3 exactly on time every day-not even a few minutes late! If you find out after starting that another time would be more convenient, you may change it- but your doctor may advise you to wean yourself off the medicine and start a new cycle. It’s best to choose your time carefully from the beginning. The starting dose is 7.5 mcg of T3, twice a day (7.5mcg in the morning, 7.5 mcg in the evening).
Cycling up
If your temperature remains below 37ºC, and you are without complaints, you may increase the dose by 7.5 mcg every day. That means that on the second day you would take 15 mcg in the morning and 15 mcg in the evening, the third day you would take 22.5 mcg in the morning and evening, etc.
Do not increase your dose if:
- You have a resting heart rate of over 100 beats per minute or if you have any disturbing complaints, such as significant heart palpitations (disagreeable awareness of your heartbeat). Your doctor may also not want you to increase your dose if you are having other side effects such as worsening migraines, panic attacks, or fluid retention. Check with your doctor if you are uncertain whether or not to increase your dose.
- Your temperature has reached 37ºC or higher, on average.
It’s worse to have a pulse rate over 100 than it is to have a temperature over 37ºC. If you increase your dose when your resting pulse is over 100 you can start getting unwanted side effects. On the other hand, having a temperature a little over 37º can give you some extra leeway as you wean off the T3.
The Three Most Important Things to Remember
- Take the T3 on time.
- Write down your pulse rate every morning.
- Pay attention to any disagreeable awareness of your heartbeat
Capturing the temperature
When your temperature reaches 37ºC you can stop increasing your T3 dose. Keep an eye on your temperature because your temperature will likely go down again. This is called compensation and is perfectly normal. When this happens you can simply continue cycling up to get your temperature back up to 37ºC (unless you’re already on the maximum dose). When your temperature averages 37ºC, on the same dose of T3 for 3 weeks, you have captured your temperature. This means that the hard part is over! When this happens you should plateau at that same dose until your next appointment with your doctor.
Plateau
If your temperature is still low even though you can’t increase the dose any higher (either because you can’t tolerate a higher dose, or you’re on the maximum allowable dose) then you can stay on that dose for a time and then wean down in preparation for your next cycle. With each cycle, patients often are able to increase their temperatures with lower doses than were required on previous cycles. You may stay on a plateau for a few days or a few weeks depending on your doctor’s advice.
Weaning
It’s important to wean the T3 slowly enough that your daily average temperature doesn’t drop. Some people can decrease their dose every two days but others may need to slow it down to every four or eight days. The danger of weaning too quickly is that your temperature can drop more than 0.12ºC. It’s more important to monitor your temperature while you’re weaning off than when cycling up, to make sure you don’t lose any of the progress that you’ve made.
Between Cycles
Usually, you can stay off the T3 for two days before starting the next cycle. If you are still having any side effects from the T3 once you’ve weaned off, you should wait until you have been free of side effects for 2-3 days before starting the next cycle. If your temperature doesn’t go up on the first round, it usually will on the second.
Possible Side Effects from treatment
~ fluid retention or puffiness
~ flu-like feeling and/or aches
~ dull headache
~ irritability
~ anxiety
~ increased awareness of heartbeat / increased heart rate.
Side effects occur more often when patients don’t take the T3 on time (to the minute). This can result in side effects or decreased benefits for up to 2 weeks.
Cardiac Px Formulas are WTSmed Supplements that help support cardiovascular health issues if any, that patients get from the WT3 protocol. That’s why we recommend that every patient started on the WT3 protocol be given Cardiac Px Titrate or Cardiac Px Capsules.*
T4 or Synthroid/ Eltroxin is almost identical to T3 only it is much weaker and longer acting. Therefore, it can act as an antidote for T3 treatment. The following are standard procedures for side effect management on the WT3 protocol.
- Your doctor may instruct you to take 1 or 2 capsules of 0.0125 mg (12.5mcg) T4 and perhaps an extra dose of Cardiac Px. This usually helps within 45 minutes of the dose. If in 45 minutes the symptoms are not totally resolved the T4 dose and Cardiac Px dose may be repeated. It is not advised to take more than 3 doses of T4 in one day, or more than one capsule per one hour period, or four capsules in total during the day of Cardiac Px. All WT3 treatments and instruction of the use of T4 or Cardiac Px formulas need to be done under the supervision of a physician. Patients who need more than this to manage side
effects often need to wean off the T3 and start up a new cycle. - If the symptoms persist you should call your doctor. You may be instructed to wean off the T3. The Three Most Important Things to Remember
- Take the T3 on time.
- Write down your pulse rate every morning.
- Pay attention to any disagreeable awareness of your heartbeat.
Find the symptom checklist here.