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with pleasure i have been looking for a doctor without any success
Thanks a lot
If you are interested I have the name of a doctor in your area that is reported to treat patients, not just test results. If you want I will send name by PM and you can find out if your insurance is accepted, etc. and go from there.
thanks for your answer. Yes my doctor refused to prescribe me Armour but was ok with an OTC medication. And of course she didn't asked for any lab test except tsh. I am changing PCP hoping to get better help.
So much for control of T3 and T4 in the supplement industry apparently.
The message is obviously that you have no idea what you might be taking when taking OTC supplements or if there is any consistency from one batch to the next.
T3 is fast acting, but it can still take time to relieve symptoms. Once we've been hypo for a while, our bodies need to heal before all symptoms will go away. As you know, something like tendonitis can be slow to resolve.
Did your doctor actually refuse to prescribe Armour and then counsel you in how to switch from levo to the OTC supplement?
Are you still taking accutane? One of the listed side effects of accutane is tendonitis. A study was done on the thyroid hormone content of 10 of the most popular OTC "thyroid support" supplements. 9 out of 10 supplements contained measurable hormones which is interesting. They don't mention the listed OTC brands unfortunately.
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"The amount of T4 and T3 was measured separately for each supplement sample. Nine out of ten supplements showed a detectable
amount of T3 (1.3–25.4 mcg/tablet). Taken at the recommended dose,
five supplements delivered T3 quantities of greater 10 mcg/day, and
four delivered T4 quantities ranging from 8.57 to 91.6mcg/day.
Among the five thyroid supplements labeled as containing bovine
thyroid tissue, extract or concentrate, one had no detectable level of T3
or T4, two contained T3 only, and two showed detectable amounts of
both T3 and T4."
American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting, 2011 - Kang, G.Y. "Thyroxine and Triiodothyronine Content in Commercially Available Thyroid Health Supplements"...
If Thyrogold is OTC and sold in the U.S., it contains NO measurable T3 or T4. If you were really taking T3, its effect is almost immediate. Unlike T4 meds, T3 is fast-acting.
Do you have recent labs to post with reference ranges?