Has anyone used myo-inositol for hypothyroid?

[rjb112]

Has anyone used myo-inositol for treatment of hypothyroid? It is an inexpensive dietary supplement.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/282...

Treatment with Myo-Inositol and Selenium Ensures Euthyroidism in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroiditis.

After reading the above article, I'm thinking about taking it.

[shaws Administrator]

I think I'd be wary. I think they should just add some T3 to T4. This is an excerpt from the following link:-

How does it work?

Inositol might balance certain chemicals in the body to possibly help with mental conditions such as panic disorder, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It might also help insulin work better. This might help with conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome or diabetes during pregnancy.

webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingre...

I think I'd rather have some T3 added to T4 and also PCOS can be eased by the prescription of levothyroxine. Excerpt:

Multiple Ovarian Cysts as a Major Symptom of Hypothyroidism

The case I describe below is of importance to women with polycystic ovaries. If they have evidence, such as a high TSH, that conventional clinicians accept as evidence

of hypothyroidism, they may fair well. But the TSH is not a valid gauge of a woman's

tissue thyroid status. Because of this, she may fair best by adopting self-directed care. At any rate, for women with ovarian cysts, this case is one of extreme importance.

Multiple Ovarian Cysts as a Major Symptom of Hypothyroidism

The case I describe below is of importance to women with polycystic ovaries. If they have evidence, such as a high TSH, that conventional clinicians accept as evidence

of hypothyroidism, they may fair well. But the TSH is not a valid gauge of a woman's tissue thyroid status. Because of this, she may fair best by adopting self-directed care. At any rate, for women with ovarian cysts, this case is one of extreme importance.

In 2008, doctors at the gynecology department in Gunma, Japan reported the case of a 21-year-old women with primary hypothyroidism. Her doctor referred her to the gynecology department because she had abdominal pain and her abdomen was distended up to the level of her navel.

At the gynecology clinic she underwent an abdominal ultrasound and CT scan. These

imaging procedures showed multiple cysts on both her right and her left ovary.

The woman's cholesterol level and liver function were increased. She also had a high level of the muscle enzyme (creatine phosphokinase) that's often high in hypothyroidism.

Blood testing also showed that the woman had primary hypothyroidism from autoimmune thyroiditis.

It is noteworthy that the young woman's ovarian cysts completely disappeared soon

after she began thyroid hormone therapy. Other researchers have reported girls with

primary hypothyroidism whose main health problems were ovarian cysts or precocious puberty. But this appears to be the first case in which a young adult female had ovarian cysts that resulted from autoimmune-induced hypothyroidism.

The researchers cautioned clinicians: "To avoid inadvertent surgery to remove an ovarian tumor, it is essential that a patient with multiple ovarian cysts and hypothyroidism

be properly managed, as the simple replacement of a thyroid hormone could resolve the ovarian cysts."[1]

Reference:

1. Kubota, K., Itho, M., Kishi, H., et al.: Primary hypothyroidism presenting as multiple ovarian cysts in an adult woman: a case report. Gynecol. Endocrinol.,

[greygoose]

If your TSH is 6, then there has already been significant damage done to the thyroid by the Hashi's. Are they saying that taking Myo-Ins-Se repairs the thyroid?

They say that it reduces antibodies, but, given that antibodies fluctuate, they'd have to test about every day to be able to prove that the antibodies really had reduced, and weren't just at a low point in their cycle.

Besides, if all it does is reduce antibodies, that doesn't mean that the Hashi's is cured, because the antibodies aren't the disease. Even if you managed to reduce antibodies completely, you'd still have Hashi's.

Or, are they saying that the Myo-Ins-Se cures the autoimmune problem?

They aren't actually saying very much. If all it does is reduce TSH without increasing the Frees, then it doesn't do much at all. It's all very vague. Not impressed by what I've read, but only skimmed through it for now.

[G2G2]

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[rjb112]

Thanks very much G2G2

[confused_michelle]

Hi, I tried Viridian Myo-Inositol and noticed no difference and as previously stated difficult for the average person to test improvements in antibodies. I stopped taking it when I started taking Jarrow's B Complex (often recommended on here) as it also contains Inositol which Google tells me is the same as Myo Inositol. Though, Jarrow's contains 50mg and Viridian 2000 mg.