hi everyone,
I have been symptomatic for a year and have been diagnosed w graves about 2 months ago. bad timing as I was looking to get pregnant w/ #2.
so everything has been put on hold as i try to stabilize my values
I was taking methimazole and atenolol for the first 2 months. dr is switching to me PTU so that I can hopefully start trying for ababy in a the near future.
my questions is can i take acetyl l carinitine while taking ptu? if i get pregnant can i take this as well along w my meds?
I really don't have the answer to that one. I would call a company that manufactures it and ask to speak to the Medical Director. I know that they have a Medical Director for the company that manufactures Alcar (brand name for their Acetyl-L-Carnitine). If it were me though, I would not want to risk taking it while pregnant. I would want to get my disease into remission first including lowering of antibodies before I attempted pregnancy.
thanks linda!
yes, thats the plan to lower my antibodies before TTC.
I was just curious. so glad i found this group!