"NDT treatment may benefit some" paper

[Forestgarden]

frontiersin.org/articles/10...

A positive article about the use of NDT.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Brilliant article

Note the authors

[RedApple Administrator]

'Conclusion

Significant benefit is experienced by people who by nature of their lack or response to levothyroxine have been treated with NDT. While this is a highly selected group of people, the severity and chronicity of their symptoms and the fact that many patients have found their symptoms to be alleviated, can be viewed as valid evidence for the potential benefit of NDT when given after careful consideration of other differential diagnoses and other treatment options.' frontiersin.org/articles/10...

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One of the authors of this paper is Dr Peter Taylor, who is also the initiator of the currently running Government Petition.

If you haven't already done so, please sign and share with family, friends etc. You don't need to have a thyroid problem to sign, (but you do need to be a UK citizen).

Give more funding for thyroid research and patients after price hike petition.parliament.uk/peti...

[helvella Administrator in reply to RedApple]

The simple statement that patients' symptoms being relieved is itself evidence is a huge advance.

[ERIC107]

Many thanks Forestgarden for highlighting such an interesting and helpful paper. The other 8 papers in that research block also seem promising... I'm currently enjoying this quote from one of the other papers:

"However, the tracer kinetic studies revealed that serum T3 levels can accurately predict tissue T3 content and T3 signaling in most tissues, except for the brain and pituitary gland. This is true not only for normal individuals but also for patients with hypo or hyperthyroidism–but not for patients with non-thyroidal illness syndrome. Given this direct relationship between serum and tissue T3 contents and T3 signaling in most tissues, clinicians managing patients with hypothyroidism could refocus attention on monitoring serum T3 levels. Future clinical trials should aim at correlating clinical outcomes with serum T3 levels."

In my head that [my underlining] says "test T3 you ****ing eejits..." 😆

From this paper, that is accessed through the link Forestgarden posted...

frontiersin.org/articles/10...

[Charlie-Farley]

fabulous!

Reading Bianco’s book on rethinking hypothyroidism- according to him NDT and levo were Never compared in a clinical trial because the swap from treating with NDT to levo (slight of hand) happened before the FDA were established.

The majority of the treatment protocols are based on really poor science. I still boggle!

[Charlie-Farley]

This is a podcast with Bianco being interviewed someone shared on another post - all credit to them if I could remember who it was 😂👍

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podca...

[Forestgarden]

There seems to be quite a few interesting papers which have come out in the last year or so. Will probably take another 20 years to make it to the NHS though

[TaraJR]

Thanks for posting this. It's definitely a good one.

I can't help but wonder what our dear Diogenes would be saying about it...