Posted by cupcake on November 3, 2003, at 10:41:40
In reply to Re: hypothyroid » cupcake, posted by BarbaraCat on November 2, 2003, at 22:29:59
hi barbaracat -
thanks for the advice...
you wrote:
> **Good luck. Most endos sneer at Armour or the other >natural brands. In fact, its a rare mainistream doc who'll >prescribe it, period. The old 'T4 converts to the active T3' >is still the mantra out there but that's not true for alot of >us. You might propose a 'trial, just to see'. The other >thing he may do is prescribe Cytomel which is a synthetic >T3. That's been successful for alot of people and seems >to fly better in the mainstream medical world.** i just came back from the endo dr. i pushed for armour and mentioned that my mom's been taking it and feels a bit better. he said that as a person who only prescribed armour for years, he was finally a convert to synthroid and believed it was the best preparation out there. i asked about its link with osteoporosis and he said that was only a risk if you were taking too high of a dose. ? sigh. he listened to me, but he also told me to keep up my efforts to improve diet and exercise (which is good) and not to overwhelm myself too much "extrapolating" about different symptoms and medications. grrrrr!
> Have you been to the About Thyroid website? It's >fabulous. Everything you ever wanted to know about >thyroid. Mary Shomon definitely leans towards the >Armour camp. There's loads of very interesting articles to
>o.yes, i have, it's very informative!! thanks!
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