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An interesting if 'biased' NHS paper comparing NDT and Levo

Hi All, The link below takes you to an interesting paper I've just found online (apologies if its been posted before). It's an NHS Q&A paper titled 'What...

Hi All, The link below takes you to an interesting paper I've just found online ...

katyfow

•8 years ago

22 Replies

Finally free of Graves Disease

Finally free of Graves' disease. After over twenty years of trying different ways of dealing with graves, other than the conventional ones of surgery or...

Finally free of Graves' disease. After over twenty years of trying different way...

clearthroat

•8 years ago

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the link between hypertension, insulin resistance, and excessive uric acid

Not sure if this has been published here before, but I found these two articles very interesting and enlightening:...

Not sure if this has been published here before, but I found these two articles ...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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porcine vs bovine thyroid

I have always believed what I have read so many times; that is, that porcine thyroid tissue more close resembles that of humans', and that is the reason...

I have always believed what I have read so many times; that is, that porcine thy...

Hidden

•8 years ago

35 Replies

Confusion

Hi, I'm new to this site but was wondering if anyone is taken Thyroxine and Endep (amitriptyline) and if so if they've had any side effects like confusion and...

Hi, I'm new to this site but was wondering if anyone is taken Thyroxine and Ende...

Jac66

•8 years ago

29 Replies

Doxazosin

Thankyou for all your replies ,I have another question ,does anyone who has had a kidney transplant suffer from a constant cough and cold toes, I take mmf and...

Thankyou for all your replies ,I have another question ,does anyone who has had ...

catwoman0005

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Help please

My throat hurts right above my collarbone whenever I look up I can swallow anything just fine as long as I don't look up any ideas

My throat hurts right above my collarbone whenever I look up I can swallow anyth...

Tttttttttttt

•8 years ago

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Secondary ( Central ) hypothyroidism sufferers? Can we say hi to each other?!

I would love to talk to any of you with central/ secondary hypothyroidism just to find out how we're all doing? x

I would love to talk to any of you with central/ secondary hypothyroidism just t...

Hidden

•8 years ago

46 Replies

What to do next..??

Went to see a new endo on Wednesday about a lump in my neck I found last July..saw gp twice before I was referred. Anyhow the endo had a feel and said its not...

Went to see a new endo on Wednesday about a lump in my neck I found last July..s...

Nikkimoz

•8 years ago

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Coming or going? :P

Well I dunno if I am coming or going at the moment?! After going to the docs to see what the severe shoulder, neck and hip pain I was experiencing was all...

Well I dunno if I am coming or going at the moment?! After going to the docs to...

Bird-Girl

•8 years ago

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Bayer makes bid to buy Monsanto

http://www.wsj.com/articles/bayers-all-cash-offer-values-monsanto-at-62-billion-1463981986

http://www.wsj.com/articles/bayers-all-cash-offer-values-monsanto-at-62-billion-...

Brownlow

•8 years ago

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Goodbye Jackie

I wanted to pay tribute to Jackie. I am sure many of us will miss her, always offering fantastic advice and trying to help others even though she was very......

I wanted to pay tribute to Jackie. I am sure many of us will miss her, always of...

Kitten-whiskers

•8 years ago

16 Replies

Dr dove.

Can you pm me if you have seen him. Had a few questions 😄. Thx.

Olsbird

•8 years ago

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Anyone got a link to a scientific paper re importance of ferritin to levo?

My gp just keeps talking about haemoglobin!I in. She's really unaware of the importance of ferritin to levo and hoping I may be able to en!tighten her! Thx.

My gp just keeps talking about haemoglobin!I in. She's really unaware of the imp...

Olsbird

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Jackie Anslow

I am sorry to advise you that Jackie died yesterday evening in hospital after 8 weeks of fighting various major infections. She greatly valued the contacts she...

I am sorry to advise you that Jackie died yesterday evening in hospital after 8 ...

Jackie

•8 years ago

37 Replies

Still having hair shedding

Hi still have hair shedding but can't notice that it looks thinner so worried it's going to get worse if nothing done it's been 13 goi g on 14 weeks on Levo...

Hi still have hair shedding but can't notice that it looks thinner so worried it...

Sonson

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Remission - how does one not go crazy?!

Hi all, I have just come off of block and replace at my Endo's instruction. I had an 18 month treatment protocol consisting of initially Carbimazole, then B&R....

Hi all, I have just come off of block and replace at my Endo's instruction. I ha...

Chloececilia

•8 years ago

11 Replies

Help me please, sourcing and starting T3

I'd like to try T3 but my GP will not prescribe nor refer me, so please would any of you kind people who have had success with T3 please advise me? I'd like...

I'd like to try T3 but my GP will not prescribe nor refer me, so please would an...

thyr01d

•8 years ago

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Alopeecia

I am a diabetic patient with open heart surgery. Now I got alopecia. I get result as T3 6.99, T4 93.8 and TSH 2.07. Please advice me about prescription.

I am a diabetic patient with open heart surgery. Now I got alopecia. I get resu...

Hidden

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Weight loss when hypo

Is it possible to ever lose weight when you are hypo without being over medicated? I have a lot of weight around my tummy and look pregnant. Since starting NDT...

Is it possible to ever lose weight when you are hypo without being over medicate...

Hidden

•8 years ago

48 Replies

Confused

Sorry too keep posting. So I'm pregnant and my b12 has been dropping very rapidly so I'm too supplement with some more b12 my pregnancy vits only contain...

Sorry too keep posting. So I'm pregnant and my b12 has been dropping very rapidl...

nettiboo1982

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Advice on thyroid blood results please

HI everyone, I have been tested for thyroid since I was 30 (35 now) as all the females in my family have it, my TSH In Feb was 4.8, and GP asked for 3 month...

HI everyone, I have been tested for thyroid since I was 30 (35 now) as all the f...

mommym31

•8 years ago

6 Replies

Levothyroxine and Prednisolone

Morning Guys, I haven't posted for a while as my other health problems have been taking over. I was diagnosed underactive last October and am on 125mcg...

Morning Guys, I haven't posted for a while as my other health problems have been...

birthday1

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Does this get any better?

I have now been on Levothyroxine 50 mg for two weeks (yep I know early days) and feel absolutely awful. Not too bad in the morning but the afternoon my lower...

I have now been on Levothyroxine 50 mg for two weeks (yep I know early days) an...

Katerina2895

•8 years ago

7 Replies

trying thyroid-s for the first time, dose and side effects.

ok following up from my previous post i asked about thyroid-s how to get it etc. but what i wanna know is if there is any side effects to this even on a low...

ok following up from my previous post i asked about thyroid-s how to get it etc....

dn560

•8 years ago

7 Replies

good and bad news.

The good news is ive found an endo (who also researches in thyroid diseases) who is happy to see me for a second opinion. The bad news is i have to have a...

The good news is ive found an endo (who also researches in thyroid diseases) who...

joyce59

•8 years ago

18 Replies

Blood transfusion

Thinking aloud, I wonder if blood transfusions have been tried on Hashimoto sufferers. I read something recently about blood transfusions in mice, and how it...

Thinking aloud, I wonder if blood transfusions have been tried on Hashimoto suff...

Chrys

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Urticaria, angeodema and subclinical hypothyroidism

I have subclinical hyporthyroidism, and I have TFT done on a yearly basis. My TSH is normally around 6.8 to 7.7. My T4 has been gradually dropping and the...

I have subclinical hyporthyroidism, and I have TFT done on a yearly basis. My TS...

Andrea1521

•8 years ago

23 Replies

All scientific papers to be free by 2020 under EU proposals

So many people here have suffered the frustration of seeing a quote from a research paper and then being unable to read it because the paper is behind a...

So many people here have suffered the frustration of seeing a quote from a resea...

helvella

Administrator•8 years ago

18 Replies

Perinatal Iron Deficiency-Induced Hypothyroxinemia Impairs Early Brain Development Regardless of Normal Iron Levels in the Neonatal Brain

The importance of iron levels (often expressed as ferritin level) for those who are hypothyroid has been stated numerous times here. It is a mantra. The need...

The importance of iron levels (often expressed as ferritin level) for those who ...

helvella

Administrator•8 years ago

1 Reply

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All posts for May 2016

An interesting if 'biased' NHS paper comparing NDT and Levo

Finally free of Graves Disease

the link between hypertension, insulin resistance, and excessive uric acid

porcine vs bovine thyroid

Confusion

Doxazosin

Help please

Secondary ( Central ) hypothyroidism sufferers? Can we say hi to each other?!

What to do next..??

Coming or going? :P

Bayer makes bid to buy Monsanto

Goodbye Jackie

Dr dove.

Anyone got a link to a scientific paper re importance of ferritin to levo?

Jackie Anslow

Still having hair shedding

Remission - how does one not go crazy?!

Help me please, sourcing and starting T3

Alopeecia

Weight loss when hypo

Confused

Advice on thyroid blood results please

Levothyroxine and Prednisolone

Does this get any better?

trying thyroid-s for the first time, dose and side effects.

good and bad news.

Blood transfusion

Urticaria, angeodema and subclinical hypothyroidism

All scientific papers to be free by 2020 under EU proposals

Perinatal Iron Deficiency-Induced Hypothyroxinemia Impairs Early Brain Development Regardless of Normal Iron Levels in the Neonatal Brain

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