good or bad Pharmaton

Hi I'm hypothyroid and will taking a multivitamin called Phamaton It contains Ginseng and Lecithin Do you think they will interact with my thyroid medicines Please advise

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Well I certainly wouldn't use it.

Advice is the same as in reply to your other post

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

As with all multis, it contains not much of anything and the wrong form of ingredients, eg folic acid and cyanocobalamin and the recommended forms are methylfolate and methylcobalamin. It contains the selenite form of selenium which is the least absorbable, best forms for absorption are selenium l-selenomethionine or yeast bound selenium.

The zinc to copper ratio seems to be very off with zinc 1mg and copper 2mg, normally you would see a much higher amount of zinc and a small amount of copper, ofter in a ratio of 8:1 - 12:1

It contains calcium which should be and only supplemented if found to be deficient.

It also contains iron, again this should be tested before supplementing, but also the iron will affect the absorption of everything else.

Test the important vitamins and minerals, see if you have any low levels or deficiencies, and supplement those accordingly

Vit D

B12

Folate

Ferritin

[Baobabs in reply to SeasideSusie]

Why don't pharmaceutical companies do their research? Oh forgot, they care about cash not health.

[greygoose]

Hypos are usually low in zinc and high in copper, so adding more copper is not a good idea - I take it you are hypo?

There's no knowing what ginseng will do to your cortisol - might lower it, might raise it. Do you know what your cortisol level is?

Iron should not be taken with other things because it affects their absorption. It should be taken at least two hours away from everything.

These bunches of random nutrients, stuffed into one tiny pill, are always a very bad idea in my opinion. It's much better to get tested and find out what you need, and how much, and supplement accordingly.