1960 article

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http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1578009 & blobtype=pdf

this article was interesting because it mentions iodine in " dealing

with the overreactivity of the thyroid " ...as well as a product that was

available which incorporated iodine into the thiouracil molecule called

Itrumil for same.

Those who take Armour Thyroid for their hypo will enjoy reading in this

CA journal that " desiccated thyroid remains the most important hormonal

agent in treatment of hypothyroidism, being generally satisfactory and

the least expensive " ...and more....

So when did they lose that knowledge? oh - TSH test in 70s.

Cindi

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>From: " cindi22595 " <cindi22595@...>

>http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1578009 & blobtype=pdf

>

>this article was interesting because it mentions iodine in " dealing

>with the overreactivity of the thyroid " ...as well as a product that was

>available which incorporated iodine into the thiouracil molecule called

>Itrumil for same.

The article was also interesting because it mentioned proloid. A year or

two ago, on a thyroid group, someone posed the question as to what happened

to it, because it was the only thing that had ever helped them. It didn't

make that much sense to me because it's thyroglobulin and not thyroid

hormone, but -

" Desiccated thyroid remains the most important

hormonal agent in treatment of hypothyroidism, being

generally satisfactory and the least expensive. If

this proves unsatisfactory, perhaps Proloid® should

be tried; it is a somewhat purified thyroglobulin that

is occasionally better tolerated, without as many

side effects as from thyroid.

DR. ESCAMILLA: This is not particularly new. Thyrobrom

® has been available for at least 20 years as

I recall. It is said to relieve nervousness in the patient

who otherwise would not receive the full benefit

of desiccated thyroid, and is a combination that

should not be used except in very special cases. Ordinarily,

if side effects limited the necessary dose of

thyroid I would try Proloid,® and if that is unsatisfactory

try the triiodothyronines. The bromide combination,

of course, carries the danger of bromism. "

So, it talks about Proloid, which I know isn't made anymore, yet seemed to

be helpful to some people. And it mentions the word bromism, which I'd not

heard before, which leads to a definition that tells what happens when we

get too much bromine (or if we live in MI what happens if we have too much

PBB in our system) -

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bromism

Chronic bromide poisoning, characterized by headache, drowsiness, confusion,

occasionally violent delirium, muscular weakness, cardiac depression,

acneform eruption, foul breath, anorexia, and gastric distress.

Yes, that 1960 site was quite interesting.

Skipper

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