Posted by rocklobsterwoman on July 12, 2007, at 4:42:52
In reply to Re: » Honore, posted by Phillipa on July 8, 2007, at 20:13:23
This is the first time I have posted on this site, in fact on any medical site. So I may be out of sequence, for I am a bit lost on of where some of these dialogues start. But that won't prevent me from throwing in my 2 cents here. I've been googling my eyeballs out the past week or so, while withdrawaling from Effexor XR-cold turkey! Somehow I ended up here and what caught my eye was your inquiry into Synthroid and T3 combo. I have 16 books on thyroid and I am somewhat of an "expert"-not saying much-at least compared to the idiots I have been seeing for hypothyroidism that have the audacity to label themselves as "endocrinologists". The vast majority of them specialize in diabetes and "dabble" in thyroid treatment. It's also partly the fault of the insurance co's and largely due to the greedy pharmaceutical companies that have a stranglehold on thyroid treatment, with the inferior synthetic hormones, as opposed to natural Armour thyroid. It's MUCH more profitable to push T4 on people than what their body needs. Armour naturally has T4,T3,T2 and T1. T3 is the most metabolically active form. I was on a stingy amount of Levoxl and I begged for Armour, knowing from my research that it was better. After 3 yrs. of going to a bunch of idiots, I FINALLY found someone that prescribed Armour,increased the dose significantly, and my heart rate went DOWN. The nervousness went away that Levoxyl created-I'm much calmer now. Certainly, the fact that someone is at least giving you T3 is a good thing , but 5 mg is stingy
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