Thyroid Testing
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Forbidding FT3 and FT4 in British Columbia as of late 2018
Someone asked for more info on the guidelines in British Columbia (BC) to prevent FT3 and FT4 testing, so I supply links and summaries of policies here. These barriers became active in BC health policy October 2018, they were being enforced by physicians and laboratories in January 2019, according to posts on our support group.…
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If you truly care to help, optimize my Free T3. Listen to the research.
Our image makes strong claims that Free T3, not TSH, needs to become the main target in thyroid therapy. It is based on three scientific articles in 2015, 2016, and 2018 by a team of four thyroid researchers. I summarize and quote them here. (1) “My free T3 is at risk” This research reveals the…
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Free T3 testing reveals autoimmune thyroid damage
The American Thyroid Association prolongs the suffering of patients with autoimmune thyroid damage whose TSH has not yet risen to >10 mIU/L or their Free T4 has not yet fallen below reference. (1, 2) As I will outline in this post, medicine’s inability to distinguish “subclinical hypothyroidism” from true hypothyroidism stems from the misguided policy…
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TSH silences thyroid patients
We hypothyroid patients on thyroid therapy have an argument to make about one of the secretions of the pituitary gland, the TSH. But you won’t let us speak. You have put the TSH in charge of monitoring our thyroid hormone medication dosage, and you won’t let any other measure, any other evidence, no matter how…
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They sought ONE lab test to rule them ALL
Two Lord of the Rings memes to add a little humor to a contentious topic. and