I received this message from a reader:

I have been taking Thyro-Gold (and loving it after finding the right dose: alternating 300mg/450mg) for a couple years now, however they have been out of stock due to COVID and don't know when they will have more product. I've been looking at using Nutri-Meds Bovine NDT (https://nutri-meds.com/product/nm-g-btc/) in the meantime, but don't see a conversion for Nutri-Meds on your site. Any experience with this one? Any idea of a conversion??

I admit that I've never heard of Nutri-Meds before so I had to do some research.

What is Nutri-Meds?

Nutri-Meds have a site where they sell a number of products, including the one Lisa mentioned, Desiccated Bovine Thyroid Health capsules.

According to the webpage, each capsule contains 130 mg of "lyophilized bovine thyroid gland".

So Nutri-Meds Desiccated Bovine Thyroid Health capsules are bovine thyroid powder basically.

How much T3 and T4 is in bovine thyroid powder?

The only other NDT I know of that contains bovine thyroid powder is Thyro-Gold.

I know that for Thyro-Gold at least, 300 mg of bovine powder contains 100 mcg of T4 and 25 mcg of T3.

So from this we can calculate that:

• T3 is found in bovine powder at a ratio of 1/12 mcg to 1 mg
• T4 is found in bovine powder at a ratio of 1/3 mcg to 1 mg

So how much T3 and T4 is in Nutri-Meds?

Going back to Nutri-Meds, we know that each capsule contains 130 mg of bovine powder. This implies each capsule of Nutri-Meds contains:

• 10.83 mcg of T3 (130 mg x 1/12)
• 43.33 mcg of T4 (130 mg x 1/3)

I should point out that all of this is just an educated guess and may not actually be accurate.

Convert between Nutri-Meds and another medication

To convert between Nutri-Meds Desiccated Bovine Thyroid Health capsules and other medications, see the Thyroid Paul medication convertor.