Levo for sportsmen

[Pinkpeony]

Anyone seen this in the Daily Mail .?

The guy accused of giving his sports people thyroid medication to improve their performance 😱

My OH says he is entering me for the great north run this year lol

As if

Pp

[Hidden]

Is that today's paper? ..........It's very very interesting but I will wait for other comments on this one!!!

[Pinkpeony in reply to Hidden]

Yes Marfit it's today's paper.

We are in the North so could be different.

I suppose if you give it to someone with a normal Thyroid it could give them a boost.

Not that I know lol

Pp

[Hidden in reply to Pinkpeony]

Thanks Pp......yes I have now read it and I feel that a whole minefield is about to blow up!!!

I,myself went on line looking for possible sources of T 3 within the EU as there is so much talk of buying it across the counter abroad without prescription.What I found was T3 and T4 being advertised slap bang in the middle of body building supplements ....which had me asking myself a few things ....... It all seemed a bit questionable including the fact of being posted in plain packaging.

So,am I surprised by today's article .......No ! It has maybe made me raise an eyebrow and ponder on a few of my thoughts..... We wait to see what develops!

[ld31 in reply to Hidden]

Well I know something when I was taking 200 micro grams a day, I was putting on a lot of weight, thankfully its gone down now. Ld31

[humanbean]

The author of this article has zero understanding about thyroid treatment. She refers to "anti-thyroid drugs" then goes on to talk about T4 and T3 meds as if they are just two versions of the same thing.

Link here :

dailymail.co.uk/sport/other...

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to humanbean]

Thanks for link.

O my golly gosh - what a mess. Lack of understanding at every step. Talk of treating while in "normal range" - obviously cheating!!!

Why mention brands Levoxyl and Cytomel? Were they getting special imports? And Levoxyl was off the market for about a year right in the time period being reported.

We see many claims that T3 levels drop under heavy exercise. What do serious sportspeople do much of the time?

A thousand times more complicated than the article allows.

So doctors can now suggest that patients are asking for thyroid medication not only to lose weight, but also to give them a better chance of winning their local over-50s tennis championship at their amateur club. Or actually being able to complete a round of golf.

[Clutter in reply to helvella]

Gosh, hyperthyroid athletes should have an enormous performance advantage if they dumped their Carbimazole. I wonder if insulin peps up diabetic athletes?

[Pinkpeony in reply to humanbean]

Wow humanbean it was a joke relating to the fact it does nothing for me and hubby entering me for the great north run .

Lynn Mynotts Q&A at the end of the article explains to all I think.

Pp

[humanbean in reply to Pinkpeony]

I can't see a link to Lynn Mynott's Q&A.

Perhaps it is only available on the paper version of the newspaper?

[Pinkpeony in reply to humanbean]

Perhaps so.

Lynn was questioned by thejournalist and explained everything about thyroid and meds.

PP

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to humanbean]

The Q&A is blank for me, in Southern England. Invites a first comment.

All too often comments on the Mail seem to not work, to disappear, etc. I now cannot be bothered to post anything there.

The best newspaper for comments these days seems to be the Guardian.

[Pinkpeony in reply to helvella]

The Guardian say no more.

Believe. me it is there.

Perhaps a look at Lynn's page will find it.

I have been trying to post without success.

Pp

[Pinkpeony in reply to helvella]

Print posted

Pp

[Marz]

I saw the programme and the emphasis was more on the use of steroids. There was someone prescribing thyroid meds when their levels were low - but then as we know too much exercise reduces T3. So a perfect excuse to prescribe - however they were kept within the ranges !!

[nightingale-56]

We are obviously being treated by the wrong people! We should try sports coaches. Have to break the habit of a lifetime now and go back to read the Sports Pages!

[Pinkpeony]

Haha j_bee it's not something I make a habit of.

The fact that it's this guy Salazar who is in the news at the moment that made hubby point it out .

That and the fact that I'm struggling with my meds at minute .😕

Regards Pp

[nightingale-56 in reply to Pinkpeony]

I'm struggling too PP since the change from Goldshield Eltroxin about 5 years ago. Have not felt well since, but of course blood levels say I am though! Wish you well.

[Pinkpeony in reply to nightingale-56]

Good heavens j_bee , 5 years ,I hope it's not that long for me.

I started t3 a couple of weeks ago and you tend to think it's the Holy Grail after trying to get it so long. Lol

I wish you well .

Pp

[LouiseRoberts]

If you got the paper version of this there was a great Q&A with Lyn Mynott, CEO of Thyroid UK!

For some reason this was missed off the online version.

L

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[ld31]

Really, I would like to see that.