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High BP prescribed Ramipril

Advice please I have high cortisol throughout day and treating 2 months now this past week I've been stressed about various things and seen the GP this am...

Advice please I have high cortisol throughout day and treating 2 months now this...

Miki80

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Weight Gain.

Weight gain Hi - I'm feeling so stressed out by this - I know it's not the end of the world but I'm feeling out of control and I need this to STOP! 12 days...

Weight gain Hi - I'm feeling so stressed out by this - I know it's not the end ...

Zuzka1

•7 years ago

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Another chip off the megalithic medical block - 'some psychosis cases an immune disorder'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38220610 Another chip off the megalithic medical system. Disappointed to hear on the radio the solution - 'now we can treat...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38220610 Another chip off the megalithic medica...

loueldhen

•7 years ago

4 Replies

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high antibodies and LDN

Hi I am new to this site and am the mother of a daughter with hashimotos disease so hope its ok to post. My daughter has been suffering with thyroid symptoms...

Hi I am new to this site and am the mother of a daughter with hashimotos disease...

keltriffic

•7 years ago

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NHS thyroid blood test inconclusive

Hi, I hope you are able to help me out as my NHS thyroid blood test came back as inconclusive and it needs to be repeated, my question is what does that mean?...

Hi, I hope you are able to help me out as my NHS thyroid blood test came back a...

jannet

•7 years ago

7 Replies

T3 New Petition

Hi I am moyramm and I run a small Thyroid support group in the Cumbria /South Lakes /North Lancs area we have just started a petition about the withdrawal of...

Hi I am moyramm and I run a small Thyroid support group in the Cumbria /South L...

moyramm

•7 years ago

21 Replies

Better then feeling rubbish again on 50 mcg

When I increased from 25mcg to 50mcg levo first I felt so much better for maybe a week but then I started feeling ill again. Is this normal? I didn't get any...

When I increased from 25mcg to 50mcg levo first I felt so much better for maybe ...

lisan1

•7 years ago

8 Replies

T3 isnt working

Hi I am on t3 only and taking 30mcg a day 3 times a day. I am still feeling hypo. I also take a herbal tonic from a herbalist plus vitamins. I have hasimotos...

Hi I am on t3 only and taking 30mcg a day 3 times a day. I am still feeling hypo...

t3tracy

•7 years ago

12 Replies

Thyroid Problems

Hello, I came into this sight looking fir similar cases or issues like mine. I may have found a couple. I had thyroid cancer in 2010 had surgery and have been...

Hello, I came into this sight looking fir similar cases or issues like mine. I m...

Hidden

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Pfizer fined £84m for ripping off NHS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4008572/Drug-giant-Pfizer-fined-84MILLION-ripping-NHS-hiking-price-anti-epilepsy-drug-2-600.html When will we see the...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4008572/Drug-giant-Pfizer-fined-84MILLIO...

marigold22

•7 years ago

19 Replies

Chronic throat pain

I'm in so much pain right now, I've had this throat pain on and off for years. Only way I can describe it is like tonsillitis, I had tonsillitis every few...

I'm in so much pain right now, I've had this throat pain on and off for years. O...

misslissa

•7 years ago

11 Replies

What is it went up a little high?

My Specialist just called and said my TSH went up a little to high so from 2.5 mg of Methimazole once a day she upped it to 5 mg of Methimazole once a day. My...

My Specialist just called and said my TSH went up a little to high so from 2.5 m...

sarajuarez2912

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Feeling hyper advice on blood readings appreciated .

Hi all I have previously had an overactive thyroid 25 years ago. Was stabilised on carbomizole and left on 5mg every other day. For last 15 years. Tsh and t4...

Hi all I have previously had an overactive thyroid 25 years ago. Was stabilised ...

primmy123

•7 years ago

12 Replies

I've taken the plunge and bought a blue horizon blood test kit - any tips?

My kit arrived this morning..in my own little world, I thought it was a pin prick like a diabetes strip, then I saw the test tube lol :-O Any tips on making...

My kit arrived this morning..in my own little world, I thought it was a pin pric...

Icescream99

•7 years ago

22 Replies

Does any one have Fibrous Dysplasia?

I have FD in my R ULNA HUMERUS AND C2 SPINE? I make new bone, however it doesn't mature and become rigid. It's similar to Mcune Alright syndrome ( cherubim...

I have FD in my R ULNA HUMERUS AND C2 SPINE? I make new bone, however it doesn't...

miglet54

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Thyroid hormones associate with risk of incident chronic kidney disease and rapid decline in renal function: a prospective investigation

I found this new paper of interest for several reasons. In the context of a seemingly T3-phobic health system, this statement rings very loud bells:...

I found this new paper of interest for several reasons. In the context of a see...

helvella

Administrator•7 years ago

5 Replies

New To All Things Thyroid..

Hi everyone, Just found this forum as I decided to do some research, I was diagnosed at the start of this year after being underactive for over a year and the...

Hi everyone, Just found this forum as I decided to do some research, I was diag...

Luucekay

•7 years ago

34 Replies

Finally a diagnosis

After more than a year of self medicating with T3 my doctor has diagnosed me with UT and tomorrow I start on 50mg of Levo. Apparently the T3 has had no effect...

After more than a year of self medicating with T3 my doctor has diagnosed me wit...

stig5882

•7 years ago

41 Replies

GP blood test results after Blue Horizon Bloods referral to Rheumatology

Hello thanks so much for all your continued advice and support. As suggested had more blood tests and results as below.

Hello thanks so much for all your continued advice and support. As suggested ha...

MIckeyrow

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Gene expression of T3-regulated genes in a mouse model of the human thyroid hormone resistance

Thyroid hormone resistance - we might have a bit more of a clue... Life Sci. 2016 Dec 2. pii: S0024-3205(16)30682-8. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2016.11.032. [Epub...

Thyroid hormone resistance - we might have a bit more of a clue... Life Sci. 20...

helvella

Administrator•7 years ago

1 Reply

Thyroid Function in Human Obesity: Underlying Mechanisms

Well I never - obesity and thyroid are linked in ways not already properly recognised. Horm Metab Res. 2016 Dec;48(12):787-794. Epub 2016 Dec 6....

Well I never - obesity and thyroid are linked in ways not already properly recog...

helvella

Administrator•7 years ago

8 Replies

Toxic and Endocrine Myopathies

Many here are well aware of the issues surrounding statins. That they can cause myopathy has often been stated. There are many papers which mention that, but...

Many here are well aware of the issues surrounding statins. That they can cause ...

helvella

Administrator•7 years ago

1 Reply

Liothyronine request refused

I went to the hospital last week to talk over liothyronine options and was told that the blood tests I've been having for the last year cannot be used as T3,...

I went to the hospital last week to talk over liothyronine options and was told ...

LizHughes

•7 years ago

33 Replies

Hope yet for T3 price

Just seen the news and there has been a huge fine imposed on a company for increasing the price of its generic drugs, in much the same way as t3 has been...

Just seen the news and there has been a huge fine imposed on a company for incre...

galathea

•7 years ago

6 Replies

5HTP & Hashimoto's

I have just started using 50 mgs 5HTP at bedtime for insomnia,low mood & anxiety.It is helping already,alongside taurine & theanine.( I am on T3-only) I have...

I have just started using 50 mgs 5HTP at bedtime for insomnia,low mood & anxiety...

Naomi8

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Teva Levo

Hi I used to take Eltroxin but now I understand its not supplied any more. I have come out in a rash, I am waiting for my results to come back to see what is...

Hi I used to take Eltroxin but now I understand its not supplied any more. I hav...

stockman27

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Hypothyroid dizziness

Does anyone who is hypothyroid on thyroxine I'm only on 50mcg Tsh reduced from 38 to 13, and Suffering from significant lightheadedness Made worse by motion...

Does anyone who is hypothyroid on thyroxine I'm only on 50mcg Tsh reduced from ...

richard123

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Hashimotos hypo???

Hi can someone please explain recently diagnosed hypothyroid Tsh was 38 now 13 I have high TPO 850 does this mean I have hashimotos?? And what's the difference...

Hi can someone please explain recently diagnosed hypothyroid Tsh was 38 now 13 I...

richard123

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Borderline results!!!

Hi everyone, today I was told my test for an under active thyroid was borderline. This is very frustrating as I have had many symptoms for the last few years ,...

Hi everyone, today I was told my test for an under active thyroid was borderline...

Milpol

•7 years ago

26 Replies

Radio active iodine

Has anyone out there become anemic after one dose of radio active iodine to treat hyperthyroidism.

Has anyone out there become anemic after one dose of radio active iodine to trea...

Brentonian

•7 years ago

2 Replies

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All posts for December 2016

High BP prescribed Ramipril

Weight Gain.

Another chip off the megalithic medical block - 'some psychosis cases an immune disorder'

high antibodies and LDN

NHS thyroid blood test inconclusive

T3 New Petition

Better then feeling rubbish again on 50 mcg

T3 isnt working

Thyroid Problems

Pfizer fined £84m for ripping off NHS

Chronic throat pain

What is it went up a little high?

Feeling hyper advice on blood readings appreciated .

I've taken the plunge and bought a blue horizon blood test kit - any tips?

Does any one have Fibrous Dysplasia?

Thyroid hormones associate with risk of incident chronic kidney disease and rapid decline in renal function: a prospective investigation

New To All Things Thyroid..

Finally a diagnosis

GP blood test results after Blue Horizon Bloods referral to Rheumatology

Gene expression of T3-regulated genes in a mouse model of the human thyroid hormone resistance

Thyroid Function in Human Obesity: Underlying Mechanisms

Toxic and Endocrine Myopathies

Liothyronine request refused

Hope yet for T3 price

5HTP & Hashimoto's

Teva Levo

Hypothyroid dizziness

Hashimotos hypo???

Borderline results!!!

Radio active iodine

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