'Symptoms Persist Despite Normalized TSH With Levothyroxine'

[puncturedbicycle]

Has this already been posted? Helpful article from Oct 16 about being symptomatic on t4 treatment and why it might be happening. Not a bad one to consider bringing to your gp if this is you.

medscape.com/viewarticle/87...

[Greenwall]

Thanks for this. I was wondering why folk were saying that TSH range is for healthy pts, and not those with thyroid problem.

[Heloise]

You wonder why none of this came out when new drugs like synthetic levo were introduced. Of course if the drug company devises the test, only places focus on T4 results and ignores other features this can happen. Doctors put more emphasis on the drug rather than the patient.

[helvella in reply to Heloise]

The past is a different country...

Very different. I suspect the biggest single reason for how much everything changed was thalidomide. Levothyroxine, Liothyronine and Thalidomide all came to market around the same time.

There had been some sort of trust that pharmaceutical companies would only be producing beneficial medicines. That disappeared many years ago.

[Heloise in reply to helvella]

But "they" know their words can have a huge impact even after all the sad statistics. Vioxx killed 60,000 people over 5 years and doctors are the third causers of death. Often we can't match wits with the professionals. My advice is "Don't try".

Rod, in Izabella Wentz' new book, she points out there are certain portions of the UK where they seem to continue adding fluoride to the water supply.

[galathea]

The link asks me for a password...... Any other links to it please? Thanks.

[puncturedbicycle in reply to galathea]

Sorry, how annoying, I don't have a different way in. Maybe they only allow you to read a certain number of articles before you need to sign in? It didn't ask me for a password or I would have mentioned.

[helvella in reply to puncturedbicycle]

I have just edited the link as it appeared in the original post. It is usually best to remove all the stuff from the question mark onwards in such links.

Might or might not help!

Pretty much same story here:

sciencedaily.com/releases/2...

[Treepie in reply to helvella]

Locked out but ok with science daily.Thanks

[crabapple]

galathea , it's let me in, but from past experience with Medscape stuff posted, I know if I save it and I try again it will ask for a password .

[Zephyrbear in reply to crabapple]

The best way to keep such stuff if you want it for future reference is to copy and paste it into a Word document, making sure you include the URL address and the date you accessed it. That way you can access it at any time and you can provide it as a properly referenced source of information if you want to provide it to anyone else.

[crabapple in reply to Zephyrbear]

Thanks, Zephyrbear. I try not to keep stuff all over the place. However, I've just tried helvella's sciencedaily link and found I've already got that saved.

I think I've read too much...

[shaws]

Great link - thanks.

[helvella]

Doesn't matter at all that the Bianco paper has already been mentioned. Just how many times have doctors claimed that levothyroxine is perfect? Repetition is sometimes essential.

[Singoutloud]

Thank you for posting this link, it's very informative. If you are able, read the comments as well. It appears as though some doctors actually care about their patients and have some knowledge too.

[Hidden]

I am rather pleased that this paper actually admits that there are those of us who no longer have any thyroid function at all. Don't often see that.

But rather puzzled at the statement: "Better medications are needed to treat hypothyroidism, ).

Those medications have existed for over a century and we all know what they are; all of us, that is, except the doctors who are "treating" us. Not all would be made well, of course, but prescription NDT could and would make a considerable impact.