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Trials of T3, desiccated thyroid and thyroxine in 1958
Here’s my review of this treasure, an article about T3 therapy from the scientific literature in the 1950s… TITLE: “TRIIODOTHYRONINE—Clinical Effects in Patients with Suboptimal Response to Other Thyroid Preparations” — LINK: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1512399/ In this article, “Thirty patients with evidence of hypometabolism or a clinically related condition were given triiodothyronine after suboptimal response to thyroxin or…
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Thyroid patients call the bluff
There’s almost 4000 e-signatures so far on our federal petition, but hypothyroidism affects 3 to 5% of the Canadian population, and that’s millions of people. So, it’s time for a rant. It’s time to rally the troops of well-educated thyroid patients and enlightened doctors. It’s time to reason with the masses that blindly trust the…
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REVIEW: Ineffectiveness of L-T4 monotherapy in subclinical hypothyroidism
A new study published October 2018 has reviewed prior research on levothyroxine monotherapy in cases of “subclinical hypothyroidism” and has found it to be ineffective in improving quality of life and thyroid-related symptoms in patients. Studies like these could logically be used to launch a staunch critique against the presumed effectiveness of normalizing TSH via…
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REVIEW: Autoimmune thyroid disease in Coeliac patients
A 2018 research study recruited 341 coeliac [celiac] disease patients and found that 91 of them (26.6%) had at least one autoimmune disease. Among those 91 patients, 44 patients (48.4%) also had a diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease. These coeliac patients with autoimmune thyroid disease constituted 12.9% of the total sample of 341 coeliac patients.…
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Infographic: Myxedema Coma
Source Mathew, V., Misgar, R. A., Ghosh, S., Mukhopadhyay, P., Roychowdhury, P., Pandit, K., … Chowdhury, S. (2011). Myxedema Coma: A New Look into an Old Crisis. Journal of Thyroid Research, 2011. LINK: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175396/