Posted by Maxime on February 1, 2004, at 15:18:05
In reply to Re: Please help me re. Synthroid, posted by noa on February 1, 2004, at 12:48:02
Thanks NOA. The references/resources you gave me will help be able to ask my MD the right questions.
Maxime
> I don't know about these medications and whether they interfere with thyroid hormone absorption, but I agree with gg about it being hard to get a handle on it. Please get more info. A good place to start is at http://thyroid.about.com.
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> Some books are "Living Well with Hypothyroidism", "The Thyroid Solution", and "Thyroid Power".
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> Some people, for example, need both synthroid and cytomel, which is a different form of thyroid hormone, in order to get the hypothyroidism under control. Or, as you mention, there may be an unresolved underlying cause for the hypothyroidism that needs to be addressed. Perhaps you should see an endocrinologist to investigate this.
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