NDT / Desiccated thyroid
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Free T3 peaks and valleys in T3 and NDT therapy
Lack of knowledge about Free T3 peaks and valleys contributes to failure and frustration in T3-based therapies, including desiccated thyroid and T3-T4 combination therapy. On patient support groups, I often see conversations that go like this: Another common patient exchange usually goes like this: So many times, I’ve thought to myself, “I really wish all…
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Stop spreading the unscientific myth about the normal T4:T3 ratio!
Sigh. Just sigh. Even some of our best thyroid patient advocates can unknowingly share misinformation about thyroid therapy. Mary Shomon’s thyroid articles on Verywell.com are usually to be trusted. But yesterday I was saddened to see that an article supposedly authored by Mary Shomon was spreading unscientific myths about “normal” thyroid secretion ratios being 13:1…
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2014 ATA Therapy guidelines: 3. Desiccated thyroid
This post continues my paraphrase of Jonklaas et al’s 2014 “Guidelines for the Treatment of Hypothyroidism: Prepared by the American Thyroid Association Task Force on Thyroid Hormone Replacement.” Posts in this series: 2014 ATA Thyroid therapy guidelines: 1. Levothyroxine 2014 ATA Thyroid therapy guidelines: 2. Ethics 2014 ATA Therapy guidelines: 3. Desiccated thyroid [this post]…
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2014 ATA Thyroid therapy guidelines: 2. Ethics
Here I move on to part 2 of my summary of ATA thyroid therapy guidelines. Posts in this series: 2014 ATA Thyroid therapy guidelines: 1. Levothyroxine 2014 ATA Thyroid therapy guidelines: 2. Ethics [this post] 2014 ATA Therapy guidelines: 3. Desiccated thyroid 2014 ATA Therapy guidelines: 4. Using Synthetic T3 2014 ATA therapy guidelines: 5.…
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Thyroid pharma: Bioidentical yet harmful?
Any fair criticism of a medication’s potential for harm or benefit should first examine the properties of the medication and how it interacts with the human body in general. Next, we should distinguish the content of a pharmaceutical tool from its use (dosing adjustments, circumstances). Then finally, we should consider this: The therapy has to…