i have just dug up something that is going to drive you crazy!
Here we are trying to diagnose why we still feel ill even though we are prescribed Levothyroxine T4 monotherepy. And why are we discourged from asking for a better medication called Armour Thyroid or another form of Natural Dessicated Thyroid (NDT)? The latter has T3, T2 and T1 in addition to T4, all the things we need to function properly.
Well, listen to this: Hillary Clinton has hypothyroidism! And what do you think she was prescribed, you guessed it, Armour Thyroid! No crappy Levothyroid for the presidential candidate, only the best and most effective of course!
Go to tpauk . com (no spaces) to get all of the details. While you are there read the "52 errors by Endocrinology leaving patients to feel wretched". The details about Hillary's care is entitled:
"If NDT is good enough for Hillary Clinton it's good enough for us!"
And what made me cry was the one comment that someone had left, it read: "If you have money, brains and education Synthetics are not your choice!"
People, NDT is not that expensive, about $30 for a three month supply. Stop suffering, go get another endo and another if s/he didn't get the memo. I consider this shocking.
Disgusting isn't it...my new doctor is the only one in St. Louis, mo area who has a regular medical practice who prescribes NDT. One other who has a preventative practice and doesn't take insurance. The rest are downright rude if you ask and insulting..
Hello LAH:
Well, with all Hiilary Clinton does, you would think she has Hyperthyroidism. LOL. This is very real to me! I spent years taking Levo and my TSH was bad. It took a long time before I ever got to Armour Thyroid which helped me a lot. I ended up on Cytomel.
So this justs shows if it is good enough for Hillary Clinton, it is good for us too! I blame this kind of thing on this stupid committee people who prefer a drug over another and make the doctor "Black Balled" if they prescribe it.
It is awful how tied some doctors are to a certain medicine. If for some reason you can't take it, you are treated like an outcast! People suffer needlessly.
Also since Hillary was a Senator and former Secretary of state - she has a FANTASTIC medical plan that other American's don't have.
Love this post. XO Shelly
Yep, fantastic medical plans, the very best that money can buy and her top flight doctor choses Armour!!! Yeah, let's here it for NDT.
No stinking Levo for a presidential candidate, if they did that she would be dysfunctional half the time, we can't have that for a VIP.
I hope this blows big pharma out of the water and gets more people on decent medication instead of the toxic junk they first gave me for two years.
Gosh, forgive me for being so emotional over this, it bothers me so much that so many of us "little people" are being left to suffer.
Two years!...I was on levothyroxine for 30! For all that time, feeling rubbish, trying to hold down a good job and raise a family - there just wasn't time to research thyroid as well.
By the way folks, if Armour doesn't suit you, try WP Throid (pig's thyroid) or ThyroGold (cow's thyroid) as neither contain fillers.
I agree. If it wasn't for this forum and others plus the net we would all be kept in the dak even more so -if that is possible!!!
Jean
Nice to see you back online Barbara.
Thanks for the info.
Jean
There is also Thyroid-S which a lot of people get on with despite having fillers but it works out a lot cheaper. NDT is after all a food as it comes from pigs thyroids so food doesn't need a license, so without a license Dr's will not prescribe it in the UK. However there has been a lot in the news recently that patients are being prescribed gluten free cakes and biscuits on the NHS. Gluten free products are freely available in the UK, but NDT is not and both are classified as foods.
Just too how many patients have been prescribed antipsychotics along with their Levo to conceal that Levo is not helping.
Barbara
Sorry forgot to ask you but where can you get the NDT from without a prescription?
Jean
Don't forget too the adrenal glands might need treating first, but in the UK Drs do not even concider this and simply think synthetic levo will put everything to rights along with antipsychotics. In the UK they only test the TSH, so what do they test in US.
Sweet nothing.
Sorry to be so blunt but I am fed up with feeling ill due to incompetency and so called lack of funding for patient care etc.
Jean
Go to where LAHs has mentioned and you will find that out by joining that forum.
I had to go privately to get the TsH, T3 and T4 done.
Prior to that the TSH and TPO was done due to an eye problem and the incidental finding of a multinodular goitre on a ctpa scan to exclude a pulmonary embolism.
I have much to thank that opthalmologist for.
Since then it ihas been a mission to convince drs that the T£ and T$ need doing and furthermore must be done together.
I was able to get bloods done privately.
They need to be done again however my health comes first so will have no choice than to go privately. I am not pushing this just stating what \i did in order to try to get some relevant decent treatment.
Dear LAH:
I bet Hillary has NO co-payment either! Maybe she was on LEVO when she deleted all of her government e-mails....LOL. Thanks for this post!
XO, Shelly
I bet she didn't have any problems getting her bloodworks done either!!
In my case where I have a diagnosis of sub clinical hyperthyroidism and my signs and symptoms appear to fluctuate between hyper and hypo what treatment is available for the likes of me. A mere commoner.
Anti psy chotics probably exacerbating the condition as well. Big Pharma never lose out on anything!!!
Jean
I too have to get my thyroid tests done privatley, but its wrong when they get sent back to ones GP as it is saving them money, but I do make sure the company I use send me my results back by email which has a code. My results get sent to me the same day as my blood tests as thyroid tests are done on site.
I feel the same as you but I feel sure that thyroid patients are descriminated against.
Hi jean, and anyone else who has a goitre and multiple nodules on their thyroid, I would strongly advise AGAINST treatment with thyroid hormones. Throwing more hormones at something that is already producing too many of them is not a good idea.