Help!
I finally got my family practitioner to agree to a
blood work up. Even through my therapist did blood work less than a month ago and thinks the thyroid is the problem. He says Armour Thyroid varies from dose to dose so I cold actually get too much and this would harm me and on the other hand the pill may not have any medicine in it. He said once upon a time they got insulin from cows and it ended up killing patients so he is really into synthetic drugs because they are made in a lab and the dosage can be controlled. So my test is tomorrow morning. If the results show that my thyroid is low he will add cytomel to my synthroid. He says that Armour Thyroid is not practicing good mainstream medicine so he cannot and will not give this to me. I have been taking my temperature every morning first thing, Most days it run in the low 97.1 or 96.5 area, but I told my doctor I have been on syntyroid and levotyroxin since 1990 and I have only gotten worse (now I am in my 30's) would it be so bad to try something else. So he agreed to add cytomel to my synthyroid depending on my results. My hair has really thing out and brittle and broken off, along with my nails, acne, dry skin and always cold. I am tired all the time and can't lose weight lose I work out and watch my calories and eat healthy I have a personal trainer and a neutralist. The doctor says it may not even be the thyroid then find out please! So with that in mind group I need your advice is there anything I should do tonight or add so this young resident will get the picture. Are there any foods I should stay away or add tonight? I am taking the test first thing in the morning 8:30am someone told me this is best time to get an accurate result. Ohh by the way I get to the endocrinologist the end of January. I think he won't prescribe Armour Thyroid because the pharmacy is totally against it and says it should be taken off the market soon. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank You Very Much, Stacy Rockette :help: :help: |
Stacy,
I don't really know of any questions you should ask, but there are a lot of people on this board who are very knowledgeable on this subject. I was just diagnosed this summer and the lack of energy, weight gain and other symptoms are so frustrating! Just wanted to let you know that it will get worked out and we are behind you! |
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He is incorrect, Stacy. He's not alone though, it's a common problem with doctors - they have all bought into the line of bull put out by the big pharamaceutical companies. Ask him if he knows where Premarin comes from and if he ever prescribes it for his patients :rolleyes: This is from the Armour website: What can you tell me about batch-to-batch consistency of ANSWER What is interesting is that in the past few years the drug that has been pulled from the shelves because of inconsistencies in batches is the synthetic (t4). In fact they were only able to sell the synthetics because of a grandfathered clause; they only passed FDA regulations in the last few years (2002 July was when the last one was approved) Quote:
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Hopefully he is doing the right tests; has he ordered FT3 and FT4 blood draws? IF not then he's not going to have the information you need. Taking a T3 med w/o having the numbers (FT3) isn't a bright idea. Here is a little more info on the differences between the various hypoT drugs: http://www.bites-medical.org/hypo/med/comp.html http://www.thyroid-info.com/drugs/ Quote:
Stacy, if you really want Armour then you're going to have to find a doctor who's enlightened and understands thyroid disease; this will most likely NOT be an endo or an internist. You want a naturopath or an osteopath; they are holistic in their approach and understand that often Armour (natural desiccated thyroid) is better. Most of us get nowhere with traditional doctors. You should have a look through the TopDoc list for one in your area. Nat |
Thank You so much guys
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Great post Nat!
Wanda |
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