Thyroid Reference Information for Patients & their Physicians

Thyroid: FT3 & Cholesterol

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Thyroid Information & Testing Explanation

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Thyroid.html Hormone Restoration

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California Center for Pituitary Disorders at UCSF

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Is it safe for patients taking thyroxine to have a low but not suppressed serum TSH concentration?

http://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0021/ea0021OC5.6.htm

Doctors who go by TSH will often site the risks of osteoporosis and cardiovascular accident as reason to keep TSH in normal limits even though it will result in a patient being undermedicated.. This study was a breakthrough in the relationship of subclinical hyperthyroid TSH levels  relative to these risks.Low but not suppressed is acceptable.

Study Conclusion:
People on long-term thyroxine with a high or suppressed TSH are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, dysrhythmias and fractures. People with a low but not suppressed TSH did not have an increased risk of these outcomes in this study. It may be safe for patients treated with thyroxine to have a low but not suppressed serum TSH concentration.

Society for Endocrinology BES 2010
Manchester, UK
15 March 2010 - 18 March 2010
Society for Endocrinology
British Endocrine Societies

Irish Times
Report on BES Study Above
http://www.imt.ie/news/uncategorized/2010/03/thyroxine-safe-with-low-tsh-levels.html

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Running on empty: hypothyroidism, introduction to an underactive thyroid gland By Robyn Koumourou
http://books.google.com/books?id=gt7OmDwI754C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Running+on+empty:+hypothyroidism,+introduction+to+an+underactive+thyroid+gland+By+Robyn+Koumourou&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C3BfT4j7NOWXiQKzqaGpBA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Running%20on%20empty%3A%20hypothyroidism%2C%20introduction%20to%20an%20underactive%20thyroid%20gland%20By%20Robyn%20Koumourou&f=false

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Lipid Panel and Thyroid Levels Relationship
Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences Thyroid dysfunction and total cholesterol - experience in a tertiary care hospital Rajni Dawar Mahajan*, Ritu Singh

www.rjpbcs.com/pdf/2011_2(2)/34.pdf

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Suzy Cohen Explains How To Measure Your Thyroid Hormone Properly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnE-wPm3nPY&feature=colike

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Osteoporosis:

Risk of osteoporosis

 Our study suggests that slightly suppressive L-thyroxine administration in nontoxic goitre can activate bone turnover but constitutes neither an actual risk factor for bone loss nor, consequently, for osteoporotic fractures.

T4-Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women:

A.Subclinical hyperthyroidism of variable etiology and its influence on bone in postmenopausal women

http://hormones.gr/preview.php?c_id=171

B. Approach to a low TSH level: Patience is a virtue

 http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/11/803.full

C. The problem of exogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism

http://hormones.gr/preview.php?c_id=144

CONCLUSION:

The etiology of subclinical hyperthyroidism influences BMD in postmenopausal women. Endogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism might be considered as an additional risk factor for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, especially for cortical bone, whereas exogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism has no effect on BMD.

Society for Endocrinology

British Endocrine Societies

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This was an interesting back and forth with therapist about depression

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Hypothyroid symptoms but normal tsh levels :  How to treat symptoms of low thyroid by optimizing free t3 levels
http://www.worldlinkmedical.com/blog/hypothyroid-symptoms-but-normal-tsh-levels-how-to-treat-symptoms-of-low-thyroid-by-optimizing-free-t3-levels/

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Info on this - Dr Rouzier in terms of credentials

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 Member recommended Online Lab:

Links compiled by artms 3/2012