erfa

[Brucergoldberg]

Ok for the sake of not hijacking the other thread on the subject of Erfa i had a couple questions.

For those of you who take Erfa,  do you take your entire daily dose at once or do you split dose?  There was a very defensive argument on the Erfa page a while back regarding multi dosing.  The head pharmacist said it was made to dose only once a day.  But we all know what is good for one, may not be good for another.

Also,  does anyone know the chemical compound of a 1 grain pill (t4 and t3)?

[LazyMoose]

Reformulated Armours effectivness varies form person to person.

From what I've read Erfa does seem to be the most effective for most people - so it makes sense that it would require a little less than other brands. The difference is how they are absorbed - the fillers used make a difference.

[AnnaS69]

I have a question for those of you who switched from Armour to Erfa. Did you have to lower your dose? Although Erfa contains slightly less hormones than Armour, it seems more effective. I used to be on 5 grains of Armour (started taking it in 2010, thus after the reformulation), am currently down to 4 grains of Erfa and considering further lowering the dose.

[Brucergoldberg]

I doubt modern Western medicine is even interested in this. Autoimmune conditions make huge profits for big pharma by not finding a cure. Sick people = big money. "

True dat.

One of the only Endos i have ever met that i actually respected told me "I can only do what i can do as the science really isn't out there still regarding thyroid disease.  We are still very far away from understanding this disease and I understand your frustration'.    

[LazyMoose]

In your case, you have to many continuing symptoms. What are your lab test like and how did you feel on other thy meds? - most dont start on Erfa, so I assume you tried others. Its best to make a new post for yourself on these issues.

[LazyMoose]

I'm getting off topic. Shame on me.

We all have to look at the bigger picture.

Autoimmune thyroid destruction was labeled as Hashimoto by the guy that discovered the raised antibodies doing there thing.

So we always say the cause of Hashimoto is the raised antibodies. Everyone has some, but below the 'threshold' or lab test limit.

What has caused the RAISED antibodies is the problem. When this can repeatedly be stopped in all with Hashimotos, THEN we will have the answer. Just watching them sway up and down by eating tree bark or whatever the latest craze might be is not proof, as antibodies sway naturally too.

The reason so many autoimmune conditions tag along in threes is possibly because there is a much bigger picture that modern science has not yet proven about autoimmune.Think about it. How come there are so many symptoms and degrees of severity with Hoshimoto?

So its very possibly that those of us with certain continuing symptoms thought to be from Hashimoto, might be additional autoimmune issues, and it might all be linked somehow.

I doubt modern Western medicine is even interested in this. Autoimmune conditions make huge profits for big pharma by not finding a cure. Sick people = big money.

Natural medicine might find the cure some day, or some university kid in school? Lets hope.

[mptennessee]

I also have hashimotos and have been on ERFA for a year and I have horrible ear ringing and a bunch of other weird symptoms like episodes of polydipsia and polyuria along with ataxia...trouble walking, clumbsiness, and my whole body going numb and I am wondering what is happening to me and what is wrong with me... so I don´t think the other guy with the horrible ear ringing is off about thinking the thyroid issue is what is causing his problems.