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Patient Experiences on DTE

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This is useful narrative paper on why how and when patients prefer NDT (DTE) over other therapies. It might have been posted before, but the journal is obscure. Downloadable paper:

Patient Experiences and Perceptions Associated with the Use of Desiccated Thyroid Extract

Freddy J. K. Toloza 1,2, Nataly R. Espinoza Suarez 1,, Omar El Kawkgi 1,, Elizabeth H. Golembiewski 1, Oscar J. Ponce 1,3, Lixia Yao 4, Spyridoula Maraka 1,2,5, Naykky M. Singh Ospina 1,6 and Juan P. Brito 1,3,7,*

Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

Division of Digital Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

Plummer 3-35, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

Medicina 2020, 56(4), 161; doi.org/10.3390/medicina560...

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Apologies: I posted this 7 months ago.

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Yeswithasmile in reply todiogenes

I didn’t see it previously and thank you for reposting it. Deliberate or not 😊

‘an overall positive drug effect in individuals treated with DTE, compared to those taking LT4 or LT4 + LT3’

I’ve always steered away from DTE but find this interesting. It links to a previous study and I had read anecdotal evidence probably listed in the study originally posted! More to ponder I suppose. Wonder when you submit to defeat on synthetic? Sorry. Thinking aloud there.

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humanbean in reply todiogenes

I think an occasional repost of the best articles is a good idea. Not everybody knows you or who you are, or what your involvement in thyroid research is, so wouldn't think to go to your profile to see what you've posted in the past.

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LindaC

Thank you, once more, diogenes 👍💚

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