Low T3 Syndrome / NTIS
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Prevalence rates for 10 chronic disorders at various FT4, TSH and FT3 levels
Which FT3, FT4 and TSH levels have the highest and lowest prevalence rates for 10 common health disorders? Hypertension Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol) Depression Diabetes Coronary artery disease Heart failure Atrial fibrillation Peripheral vascular disease Renal failure (kidney failure) Dementia Is high-normal TSH and low FT3 associated with one condition, while high-normal FT4 and low or…
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Think twice about cancelling patient-pay Reverse T3 tests
At the end of January 2020, Alberta Precision Laboratories established a new policy of cancelling patient-pay Reverse T3 (RT3) tests on standard laboratory test orders. One memo in circulation explains the justifications based on RT3 silence in the 2012 and 2014 thyroid clinical guidelines. The memo was issued by Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, Section Chief, Clinical…
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The loss of thyroid clinical knowledge from Werner & Ingbar’s The Thyroid
Decades ago, a lot more doctors knew how thyroid hormone levels influenced all organs and tissues’ health. It wasn’t all about the influence of thyroid hormones on the TSH. It was more about the influence of truly adequate thyroid hormone levels on real health outcomes. A lot more doctors learned and understood that if thyroid…
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Low T3 syndrome in thyroid therapy: THREE studies
In contrast with a long list of over 70 medical research articles on low T3 syndrome that excluded thyroid patients, I have only found three (3) studies so far that included patients being treated for hypothyroidism. I’ll reveal their treasures and disappointments in reverse date order: Somppi, 2017 Tevaarwerk, 2014 Wadwekar, 2004 Here’s how many…
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Thyroid patients are routinely excluded from low T3 syndrome (NTIS) research
Most studies of Low T3 syndrome (NTIS) routinely EXCLUDE thyroid patients. Sadly, our exclusion has become a research tradition. In this post, I lay out the landscape and extent of our exclusion from this valuable area of thyroid hormone health research. Everyone loses by our exclusion. Especially thyroid patients. Everyone has something to gain from…