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Great information T4 is not the right treatment in all cases... best article I've read in my 5 years searching for answers..

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nahypothyroidism.org/deiodi...

A bit hard going at first.. but keep reading.. my personal interest is how stress affects thyroid hormone and how time released t3 could be the answer... I'm literally in awe of what I just read! So much mention of how and why TSH doesn't measure what's really going on.. and why giving T4 only in some circumstances can do more harm than good!!

As always I'm skeptical of everything I read.. but this makes sense to me? Be glad of anyones opinions on this?

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Definitely looks like a worthwhile read :) ... briefly homed in on the iron deficiency bit.... everything that SeasideSusie and other long standing members tell us ..... ferritin levels need to be optimal and at least 70 for levo to work.

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JGBH

Thank you for link. Most useful information.

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silverfox7

Very interesting though will have to read it many times more to take it all in! Butvit mentions a few things we have suspected so good to see that in black and white.

Thank you for posting.

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mrsm49

Good article and includes all relevant studies. Anyone know if NAH is a respected source by endos?

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marigold22

This is a great article to send when campaigning to keep T3

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Raventhorpe

What a great find pam13, enforces much that has been said on here re: vitamins, tsh not good indicator of thyroid function, reverse t3 and much more, particular interest to me about the t3 and how it helps with depression and bi polar patients.maybe the newspaper reporter who was on here the other day would be interested in this article sorry can't remember his name, if anybody else can remember maybe you could alert him to this post.

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BadHare

This is a great website. I especially like the information regarding the effects on other hormones, & have passed on the information several times.

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