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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
T3 & T4 Prescription Question -- for Chris
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<blockquote data-quote="HarryCat" data-source="post: 12096" data-attributes="member: 856"><p>As for how "natural" NDT is, just check out the STTM page that lists the fillers and additives that these "natural" medications contain: <a href="http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/armour-vs-other-brands/" target="_blank">http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/armour-vs-other-brands/</a></p><p>You'll see they contain many of the same ingredients found in synthetic T4 meds.</p><p></p><p>NDT is also not without it's issues with regard to how people react to all the additives and fillers. I remember well when Armour changed their formula in 2009 and all of a sudden many patients said they felt completely miserable on the new formulation. <a href="http://thyroid.about.com/od/thyroiddrugstreatments/a/armour-reformulation.htm" target="_blank">http://thyroid.about.com/od/thyroiddrugstreatments/a/armour-reformulation.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Also see the kerfuffle early this year regarding Erfa: <a href="http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2014/05/08/dear-erfa-canada-stop-nonsense-change-desiccated-thyroid-back/" target="_blank">http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2014/05/08/dear-erfa-canada-stop-nonsense-change-desiccated-thyroid-back/</a></p><p></p><p>Then, of course, there was the time a few years ago when Armour was inexplicably taken off the market. I believe it was off the market for at least a year. That sent people scrambling to find alternatives.</p><p></p><p>Of course, T4 meds have many of these issues as well. A year and a half ago, Levoxyl was taken off the market only to return earlier this year.</p><p></p><p>Now on to your specific question. I remember when I was first learning about hypothyroidism. I went and got a copy of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison's_Principles_of_Internal_Medicine" target="_blank">Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine</a>" out of the local medical school library because I wanted to know why what all the doctors were telling me differed so much from what I had learned on websites such as STTM. In the section on hypothyroidism, it says that Armour thyroid can't be relied upon to give consistent doses of T4 and T3 and should not be used (this is not true). I suspect that this is why your doctor doesn't want to prescribe it. </p><p></p><p>It sounds like your concerned that your dosage is too high. As Chris said, the dosages your doctor is recommending are not unreasonable. I also don't think it is unreasonable to request a trial of Armour. </p><p></p><p>Since you say you do feel better since starting your current therapy using synthetics, I suspect you shouldn't have much trouble switching to NDT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarryCat, post: 12096, member: 856"] As for how "natural" NDT is, just check out the STTM page that lists the fillers and additives that these "natural" medications contain: [URL]http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/armour-vs-other-brands/[/URL] You'll see they contain many of the same ingredients found in synthetic T4 meds. NDT is also not without it's issues with regard to how people react to all the additives and fillers. I remember well when Armour changed their formula in 2009 and all of a sudden many patients said they felt completely miserable on the new formulation. [URL]http://thyroid.about.com/od/thyroiddrugstreatments/a/armour-reformulation.htm[/URL] Also see the kerfuffle early this year regarding Erfa: [URL]http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2014/05/08/dear-erfa-canada-stop-nonsense-change-desiccated-thyroid-back/[/URL] Then, of course, there was the time a few years ago when Armour was inexplicably taken off the market. I believe it was off the market for at least a year. That sent people scrambling to find alternatives. Of course, T4 meds have many of these issues as well. A year and a half ago, Levoxyl was taken off the market only to return earlier this year. Now on to your specific question. I remember when I was first learning about hypothyroidism. I went and got a copy of "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison's_Principles_of_Internal_Medicine"]Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine[/URL]" out of the local medical school library because I wanted to know why what all the doctors were telling me differed so much from what I had learned on websites such as STTM. In the section on hypothyroidism, it says that Armour thyroid can't be relied upon to give consistent doses of T4 and T3 and should not be used (this is not true). I suspect that this is why your doctor doesn't want to prescribe it. It sounds like your concerned that your dosage is too high. As Chris said, the dosages your doctor is recommending are not unreasonable. I also don't think it is unreasonable to request a trial of Armour. Since you say you do feel better since starting your current therapy using synthetics, I suspect you shouldn't have much trouble switching to NDT. [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
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T3 & T4 Prescription Question -- for Chris
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