Re: hyperthyroid and Iodoral

[Guest guest]

(This is from another list. I was surprised at the hyperactive comment. I

thought iodine was the cure for hyper thyroiditis?)

gracia

Dear ,

Iodine has been used for over 150 years to treat goiter to make it smaller. One

has to be guarded in the use of iodine in autoimmune thyroiditis with a

hyperactive thyroid component, In patients who have hypothyroidism, low thyroid,

they can take iodine with no problem. You can check for total body iodine stores

with the test provided by VRP called the Iodine loading test.

Respectfully,

JD Flechas MD, MPH

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[Guest guest]

I think the critical word in his message is the word guarded, as in the

guarded use of iodine in hyperactive autoimmune thyroiditis patients. I

think iodine can exacerbate hyperthyroid conditions, as there are many

testimonies to that effect. Even in hyperT conditions that may have

originally developed because of iodine deficiency, those conditions cannot

be simply reversed by administering iodine because of other changes that

occur in the body as a means of compensating for the iodine deficiency.

Perhaps guarded treatment would include the administration of very low

amounts of iodine initially, with very slow increases.

Lynn

> (This is from another list. I was surprised at the hyperactive comment.

I thought iodine was the cure for hyper thyroiditis?)

> gracia

> Dear ,

>

> Iodine has been used for over 150 years to treat goiter to make it

smaller. One has to be guarded in the use of iodine in autoimmune

thyroiditis with a hyperactive thyroid component, In patients who have

hypothyroidism, low thyroid, they can take iodine with no problem. You can

check for total body iodine stores with the test provided by VRP called the

Iodine loading test.

>

> Respectfully,

>

> JD Flechas MD, MPH

[Guest guest]

For myself I needed low dose cortisol as well as iodine. Maybe that is part

of it.

Gracia

I think the critical word in his message is the word guarded, as in the

guarded use of iodine in hyperactive autoimmune thyroiditis patients. I

think iodine can exacerbate hyperthyroid conditions, as there are many

testimonies to that effect. Even in hyperT conditions that may have

originally developed because of iodine deficiency, those conditions cannot

be simply reversed by administering iodine because of other changes that

occur in the body as a means of compensating for the iodine deficiency.

Perhaps guarded treatment would include the administration of very low

amounts of iodine initially, with very slow increases.

Lynn

> (This is from another list. I was surprised at the hyperactive comment.

I thought iodine was the cure for hyper thyroiditis?)

> gracia

> Dear ,

>

> Iodine has been used for over 150 years to treat goiter to make it

smaller. One has to be guarded in the use of iodine in autoimmune

thyroiditis with a hyperactive thyroid component, In patients who have

hypothyroidism, low thyroid, they can take iodine with no problem. You can

check for total body iodine stores with the test provided by VRP called the

Iodine loading test.

>

> Respectfully,

>

> JD Flechas MD, MPH

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