Thyroiditis 101: Lithium Treatment for Bipolar Disease Physicians should be attentive to both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism when managing patients receiving lithium for bipolar disorder. Lithium Carbonate The patient can present with...
More infoOnce a Week T4 Dosing for Hypothyroidism: It Works But Who Needs IT? Rarely Anyone Once weekly L-thyroxine works among previously non-compliant young and middle-aged adults. Also those who are non-adherent to daily dosing. May be suitable to...
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Is pig extract a thyroid cure? The Answer is a Definite NO Hypothyroidism is often treated with synthetic human thyroid hormone, but that didn’t improve patients energy level so her primary tried a seldom used remedy: pig thyroid extract. Doctors...
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For all you few who are unhappy with the present treatment for hypothyroidism with T4, how about the treatment in 1870-90? There was none! It was universally fatal. Try to stop complaining about some symptoms there are still present and be...
More info Thyroid pill taken with just water not milk,coffee,soy,calcium,iron,or food! Cow’s milk with calcium interferes with absorption of thyroid supplement levothyroxine Calcium is in milk. Taking the common oral thyroid hormone medication...
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Hard to Treat Hypothyroidism in 2017? Think about When it was Really Hard in The Past. Stop whining. The images are from two young sisters. One on the left had her thyroid removed before they knew about thyroid hormone. After years you can see...
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Large Goiter Causing New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH) Evans et al Headache 2017 Feb 57(2) 285-289 33 Y/O female had recent onset of NDPH had an enlarging non toxic goiter.The goiter was removed. At surgery the goiter was causing carotid and...
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Biotin: Thyroid Patients stay away for this supplement. Biotin,B7, Vitamin H, or Coenzyme R are all names for the same thing. Deficiency is rare so you don’t need to supplement, except for patients with seizure medication, IV nutrition...
More info “SAME,SAME,SAME” PLAN FOR THYROID HORMONE TREATMENT. Same dose,same brand of thyroid, and same time away from food other drugs and supplements. Many drugs,foods and supplements can change the way thyroid hormone is available in your...
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ABC’s of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Hashimoto’s disease, also called chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis, is an autoimmune disease. Hashimoto’s disease often leads to reduced thyroid function, or hypothyroidism...
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World’s heaviest Egyptian woman: Her Thyroid Disease is not the cause of her massive obesity. In early 2016, she reached 500 kilograms and was diagnosed with lymphatic obstruction and incidental thyroid deficiency. The transportation of Eman...
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Once a Week Dose of T4? A bad idea for most patients The drug levothyroxine (Synthroid, Levoxyl, others) has long been the treatment for sluggish thyroids or hypothyroidism. The pill needs time to be absorbed properly, so patients are often...
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