Bioidentical thyroid hormones

[DippyDame]

thyroidpatients.ca/2019/05/...

All thyroid therapies are artificial, all types yield bioidentical hormones, but not every brand or type affects an individual the same way. Therapy needs to fit the patient’s unique disability and unique biology.

[Zephyrbear]

I pity those poor children in that 1980 study. Why weren’t they followed up through their growing up journey, or was it just a case of “job done, they’re all on some acceptable range and we can cut them loose now”. Some of them may have been ok on T4, but I bet there were some who most definitely would not have been. What a cruel thing to do just to satisfy some egotistical personal need for fame and the pharmaceutical industry! And patients generally have not benefited one jot from it!

[Bob00752]

Thanks for posting this interesting read. The point about GI absorption being individually unique and still being very different from a properly working gland (producing the same hormone on demand rather than a “saw tooth” once a day pattern) is well made. We all know that Big Pharma, GPs and thyroid specialists all want to keep treatment simple and ideally have one rule to rule all things thyroid. This article neatly explains why such a simplistic diagnostic and treatment approach can work for a majority of patients but sadly can also fail many others...

[Gingernut44]

Thanks for posting this article. It’s basically saying what we, the struggling hypos, already know. It’s GPs who would benefit most from reading this but it’s odds on they never will ☹️

[Zephyrbear in reply to Gingernut44]

That's not going to stop me giving them a copy...

[Gingernut44 in reply to Zephyrbear]

Good for you but that doesn’t mean they’ll actually read it. The last time I saw my GP face to face was April 2019. I presented him with a copy of diogenes latest (at that time) paper, also Prof Toft’s “Counterblast” which he promptly put on a high shelf behind him. I said “I suppose those are going straight in the bin the minute I leave your room” - he said, no, I will read them but he didn’t say when 😊

[Zephyrbear in reply to Gingernut44]

I guess that’s the eternal optimist in me… if they haven’t got it how can they read it? At least, if they have a copy, someone might read it, even if it’s one of those apprentice doctors tasked with clearing the GP’s shelves up!

[Gingernut44 in reply to Zephyrbear]

Or the cleaner throwing it away because it’s covered in month’s worth of dust 🤪

[Alfie8 in reply to Gingernut44]

GP's ready further information? They would need extra pay for picking up a paper.

[Batty1]

One fundamental biological fact unites all thyroid hormone pharmaceuticals: A pill containing thyroid hormones will never, ever be a gland.

This is so true for people living without a thyroid and yet most people including doctors just don’t know this or just don’t care.

[EMBoy]

This article clearly sums up all the discussions that have been going on in this forum for the last couple of years. I wish that GPs had the same opinion. Unfortunately, synthetic products are much cheaper and easier to produce in large quantities than natural products.

Perhaps the safest way would be to inject pure T4 and/or T3 as and when we need it. Type 1 diabetics can monitor their blood sugar and adjust their insulin dose accordingly. What a shame we can't do the same with thyroid hormones.