Learn why thyroid patients feel actress Sofia Vergara is doing them no favor by representing Synthroid, which has failed so many patients over the years, plus more about Vitamin D and Magnesium as well as a new desiccated thyroid called Westhroid-P.
On the heals of the bat-guano Thyroid Tidbits just a few days ago, here are more for your reading pleasure and enlightenment:
Well, well, well…Endocrinology underscores what we already know!
In a March 2013 article titled “Subclinical hypothyroidism predicts cardiovascular mortality in NHANES”, it states “Subclinical hypothyroidism is a strong independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in a healthy population at baseline, a national study indicated.”…..and more
B12 Dots may be a better treatment for some!
Thyroid patient Marilyn emailed me the following interesting information:
I had a B12 level of 189 five years ago. In the beginning, I tried the mega-doses of B12, but they did nothing for me, and I had to take the monthly shots. My thyroid specialist recommended B12 Dots (found in health food stores or organic sections of stores). Put under your tongue, they are absorbed into the blood stream directly. One a day and I am back to normal. No more shots and no more big pills to take. I use the 500 mcg dot, but I know they also make a 5000 mcg dot…….and more….
ACELLA’S NP THYROID IS ON BACKORDER
It’s a back-handed compliment. i.e. Acella’s brand of Natural Desiccated Thyroid has been in great demand! But…success can equal problems, because they weren’t keeping up…or that’s how we understand it. So when you go back to get a refill, the pharmacist may try to put you another brand if they are already out. So hang tight. Acella states that they will be back into better production by the end of April.
DO YOU REALLY NEED COMPOUNDED DESICCATED THYROID?
Progressive doctors have been having a love-affair with compounded medications for several years. And for some medications, as well as for patients who are sensitive or allergic to certain fillers, it makes complete sense! (Compounded means that the pharmacist “combines, mixes, or alters ingredients in response to a prescription to create a medication tailored to the medical needs of an individual patient”)….
I, Janie, am not very political. I’m kinda private. I see myself as representing patients solely. And I don’t let my ego push me to play like I’m the only valuable thyroid patient advocate out there, or that only MY groups or STTM are worth looking into. Chortle chortle.
But…I can see the benefit in tooting the horn about Stop the Thyroid Madness! Because I think it inspires all of YOU to know what you are a part of when you use any groups associated with STTM, or the website, or the book.
1) The Stop the Thyroid Madness revolution began in spirit in in 2002. That was when I created the Yahoo group Natural Thyroid Hormones after my own life started to make a miraculous change. And we began talking…and talking…and talking. And from all the incredible things we were learning came the REAL Stop the Thyroid Madness, first appearing on the net in December 2005…and growing all the time to what you see right now….
What affects your neighbor can affect you. This is why you need to be aware of, and show support for, … Continued