Thyroid Hormone Replacement - LEF

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http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-104b.shtml

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine described a study in which

patients with hypothyroidism showed greater improvements in mood and brain

function if they received treatment with Armour thyroid rather than

Synthroid (thyroxine). The authors also detected biochemical evidence that

thyroid hormone action was greater after treatment with Armour thyroid (Toft

1999).

Thyroid deficiency occurs when the thyroid gland underproduces the hormones

thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) needed to regulate the body's

metabolic rate. In some individuals, the thyroid does not properly convert

T4 to T3, the metabolically active form. Supplementation with synthetic or

animal-derived thyroid hormone is necessary to return hormone levels to

normal.

SUMMARY

Synthetic hormone supplementation, prescribed by a physician, includes

synthetic T4 (Synthroid, Unithroid, and Levoxyl), synthetic T3 (Cytomel),

and a combination of synthetic T3 and T4 (Thyrolar).

Natural glandulars (by prescription), such as Armour Desiccated Thyroid

Hormone, Nathroid, and Westhroid, derived from the thyroid gland of the pig,

contain T4 and T3, and most closely resemble natural human thyroid hormone.

Suggested supplements and their dosages follow:

Iodine, 1 mg a day

Selenium, 200-600 mcg a day

Tyrosine, 500-1000 mg a day

Melatonin, 300 mcg-6 mg at bedtime

DHEA, 25 mg 1-3 times a day (refer to DHEA Replacement Therapy protocol)

CoQ10, 100-200 mg daily

Life Extension Mix for vitamin A, vitamin B complex, magnesium, manganese,

selenium, and zinc, to be taken as directed

Thyroid & L-Tyrosine Complex, 2 capsules 3 times daily

For more informatiON

Contact the Thyroid Foundation of America, . For more

information on natural glandulars or the basal body temperature test,

contact the Broda O. , M.D. Research Foundation, P.O. Box 98, Trembly,

CT 06611, .

Thyroid-Adrenal Connection: Information and Resources

http://www.bestweb.net/~om/thyroid

Pure n' Natural Skin Care

http://www.om.lbrionline.com/

[Guest guest]

Now this is interesting (see below). I need to get back on my L-

Tyrosine, and remember to recommend it to others. It helps with

conversion just as Selenium does!

Bev, are you doing the Melatonin at night??

Janie

> Suggested supplements and their dosages follow:

> Iodine, 1 mg a day

> Selenium, 200-600 mcg a day

> Tyrosine, 500-1000 mg a day

> Melatonin, 300 mcg-6 mg at bedtime

> DHEA, 25 mg 1-3 times a day (refer to DHEA Replacement Therapy

protocol)

> CoQ10, 100-200 mg daily

> Life Extension Mix for vitamin A, vitamin B complex, magnesium,

manganese,

> selenium, and zinc, to be taken as directed

> Thyroid & L-Tyrosine Complex, 2 capsules 3 times daily

[Guest guest]

Now this is interesting (see below). I need to get back on my L-

Tyrosine, and remember to recommend it to others. It helps with

conversion just as Selenium does!

Bev, are you doing the Melatonin at night??

Janie

> Suggested supplements and their dosages follow:

> Iodine, 1 mg a day

> Selenium, 200-600 mcg a day

> Tyrosine, 500-1000 mg a day

> Melatonin, 300 mcg-6 mg at bedtime

> DHEA, 25 mg 1-3 times a day (refer to DHEA Replacement Therapy

protocol)

> CoQ10, 100-200 mg daily

> Life Extension Mix for vitamin A, vitamin B complex, magnesium,

manganese,

> selenium, and zinc, to be taken as directed

> Thyroid & L-Tyrosine Complex, 2 capsules 3 times daily

[Guest guest]

Personally, I wouldn't fool with the iodine supplement.

I take my Dhea in a gel with my testosterone--rub it on my skin.

Done via a compounding pharmacy. But if I wasn't doing this, I'd

simply get a tab. I take 5 mg. of DHEA in the gel, but doing it this

way is more potent than swallowing, where I would take 10 mg..

Janie

[Guest guest]

Personally, I wouldn't fool with the iodine supplement.

I take my Dhea in a gel with my testosterone--rub it on my skin.

Done via a compounding pharmacy. But if I wasn't doing this, I'd

simply get a tab. I take 5 mg. of DHEA in the gel, but doing it this

way is more potent than swallowing, where I would take 10 mg..

Janie