Comments on: Armour Thyroid vs. Synthroid: An Unbiased Look at The Evidence

By: matthew

matthew — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:09:39 +0000

This is not an unbiased article. You can clearly see they are on Big Pharma’s side.

By: Mark D. Strehlow, MD

Mark D. Strehlow, MD — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 01:28:00 +0000

Joe, You’ve got to take another look at your advice on why desicatted thyroid should not be substituted for Synthroid. I am an M.D. with 30 years of clinical experience treating thyroid disease. Synthroid use with hundreds of my patients has been effective less than 30% of the time at alleviating the symptoms of hypothyroidism whereas the use of desiccated thyroid has been effective over 90% of the time. Please read the following for understanding the biased information that you apparently swallowed hook, line and sinker: https://www.holtorfmed.com/bias-guidelines-impact-thyroid-patients/. The ultimate judge is the patient. And when they have been on both and almost always choose desiccated thyroid as their thyroid replacement medication of choice—-try your arguments with them. You lose. Be a winner—re-educate yourself on this particular matter and you will do a service to more people than you can imagine. —-just a good old doc with lots of experience!

By: Stephen Mathieson

Stephen Mathieson — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:15:34 +0000

A lot of what is written here is wrong about natural desiccated thyroid. To get the truth go to the Stop the thyroid madness website and look on YouTube.

By: Hashimoto Sufferer in Adelaide

Hashimoto Sufferer in Adelaide — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 03:48:03 +0000

Im a Hashimoto sufferer 68, for about 9 years. Im in Adelaide, South Australia. My first doctor did not even tell me I had Hashimotos. I found out because they referred me to an endocronlogist and I opened the letter! Endo said keep me on the T4! (Thyroxene in UK and Aust, Synthroid in US) and changed the doses many times. Never told me about diet, to get off wheat and dairy. Ive been to about 7 doctors and one Thryoid Clinic (who said get off dairy and gluten), all a waste of time and money. One doctor put me on dessicated thryoid, that was a great for a time, but he was not any good titrating the doses, he was more interested in himself. Another doctor, well known and respected here, said, “Just let your thryoid die and then we can treat you”. If your doctor can only offer you T4, find an intergretive doctor. The one I went to a few months ago, arranged saliva tests for thyroid and intolerance food tests. I was stunned when I had sensitivities to banana, cane sugar, pineapple, green beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, the last 3 were off the charts. I had absolutely no digestive problems that I knew off and no reactions to these foods. Doctor also got me to go on mega doses of probiotic, I dropped 4lbs/2 kgs in 2/3 weeks with the probiotics and avoiding these foods. If anyone is serious about helping themselves with Hashimotos/Graves, follow US Pharmacist Izabella Wentz. I got 2 of her books and followed her Hashimoto Protocol. Do not eat wheat/gluten and cut out dairy. I cant have milk or cheese anymore, without massive constipation, but I can eat butter and cream as they contain only a minute amount of casein which is my problem. Look up leaky gut, and try and address that because you wont get over Hashimotos until thats sorted. I am mostly Paleo. Small amount of meat/fish with all meals, plenty of green vegies. Sweet potato, no white potato. I have tea with coconut milk, and fresh weak coffee about 3 times a week with cream. I am on 35 mcg synthetic, slow release T3, I think I may need a top up which I will speak to the doctor about on next appt. I also take big doses of probiotic, 20 Billion a day min, 1 x 150 mcg selenium, 1 liver detox, 4 x Vit D, 1 x evening Primrose oil omega 6 which has really helped my hair, 1 x NAC, (I have MTHFR, one dodgy gene, so I take B12 and folonic acid) glutamine drink twice a day prescribed by doctor, 2 x magnesium citrate before bed to help me stay asleep. I do have an occasional glass of wine. You should be able to find an intergretive doctor in your area, worldwide on Izabella’s website. I know there are some good naturopaths around, however the Thyroid Clinic here (Naturopaths, could not write a prescription for thyroid hormone and recommended a phone consultation with a Doctor for another $200. I should have gone to an integrative doctor in the first place, I did not realise how little general doctors know about the symptons of thyroid and how to fix it,
you have to find the root cause, as per Izabella Wentz.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:01:04 +0000

Hello,
I am curious as to your thoughts on lab reference ranges and testing. Conventional doctors test TSH only, while NP’s do a full thyroid panel.
Also, some groups suggest free T3 should be in the top 1/3 of the reference range to reduce fatigue. My free T3 is low, sometimes not even in range. What are your thoughts on adding synthetic T3 to synthroid?
Thank You,
Sandy