Women's International Pharmacy

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I just received a packet from this place in the mail yesterday.

They're a compouding pharmacy but sent alot of good info about

bioidentical hormones. They sent me a bunch of names of doc's that

prescribe the bioidentical hormones of which one of them on the

list, I was able to find by calling one of the compounding

pharmacies here and was given his name. Thing is that he's

practices " natural " medicine so my insurance wouldn't pay for it and

I can tell it would be very expensive to go to him from what I read

on his website....he has " payment plans " so that's what tipped me

off that it's gotta be pretty expensive. Here's his website:

http://wunderlichcenter.com If you go to the link of Health

Concerns there is a drop down box and you'll see a list of

different " conditions. " This is what he says about hypoT and

Hashi's:

Hypothyroidism

This common condition must be aggressively sought out because,

untreated, the lives of untreated hypothyroid patients are much more

difficult than they need to be. Nevertheless, treatment misapplied

is equally horrendous. Careful evaluation of family history,

physical examination, and laboratory assessment of blood fats is

helpful. Standard blood tests of thyroid function are a good place

to start, but, when they are " normal " in the face of other data

indicating the liklihood of hypothyroidism, then other evaluation

tools are needed (this is a long discussion which will not be

rendered here).

Treatment may be in the form of natural therapies or a variety

of prescription drugs. Fixed belief-systems that argue for the use

of a single type of treatment agent are not satisfactory for all.

Hypothyroidism may be genetic, due to dietary deficiency or due

to toxic states; it commonly occurs as a result of autoimmune

thyroiditis. (see also Hasimoto's Disease)

Hashimoto's Disease

Persons who are clearly hypothyroid can improve that state by

diligent efforts in nourishment - diet and supplements - exercise,

body calming, detoxification, etc. Rarely, however, is

hypothyroidism reversed today by " natural " means. That probably

stems from the toxic nature of the world today, the nutritional

status of most citizens, and the prevalence of infectious factors

(viruses, yeasts, etc.) in the origin of Hashimoto's disease

(autoimmune thyroiditis).

Persons who persist in beating the dead horse of natural

correction of hypothyroidism must know that blessed relief usually

ensues when proper hormone replacement therapy is administered.