Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

[Guest guest]

I thought people did already take Synthroid for thyroid? Is this something new?

The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

I'd hoped I'd never see this.. I really wanted to see this stuff taken off the market or at least doctors properly trained in diagnosis and testing of thyroid function and hormone levels... but I am sad to say that I finally saw that FDA approval was given to Synthroid and the date. We often talk about it... but I don't remember anyone saying that they'd seen that FDA had approved it or the date.....

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Synthroid Press Release -Abbott Park, Illinois, July 24, 2002 — Abbott Laboratories announced today it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, SYNTHROID® (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP T4 only), for thyroid disease management, as replacement or supplemental therapy for hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone suppression.

[Guest guest]

I thought people did already take Synthroid for thyroid? Is this something new?

The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

I'd hoped I'd never see this.. I really wanted to see this stuff taken off the market or at least doctors properly trained in diagnosis and testing of thyroid function and hormone levels... but I am sad to say that I finally saw that FDA approval was given to Synthroid and the date. We often talk about it... but I don't remember anyone saying that they'd seen that FDA had approved it or the date.....

Topper ()

Synthroid Press Release -Abbott Park, Illinois, July 24, 2002 — Abbott Laboratories announced today it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, SYNTHROID® (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP T4 only), for thyroid disease management, as replacement or supplemental therapy for hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone suppression.

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has been around for 50 or 60 years... but never got FDA approval...

About the time that the manufacturers were hit with the class action law suit concerning all the problems with their product (they've had dozens and dozens of recalls on potency, consistency, labeling and shelf life) the FDA decided that all the synthetic thyroid products had to submit for FDA approval.... But until I found this today I had not known that they'd received it...

Natural thyroid, like Armour, has been around for more than a hundred years... and has NEVER been recalled for anything. Since it is not a manufactured product and does not have a patent... so far it's not been required to get FDA approval...

I'm not sure how all that works... it's basically all a money making thing,, mostly... they are no longer all that concerned with the safety of the public, it's more about how much money the companies involved can make. Synthroid is a veritable cash cow for the manufacturers, that is why they offer so many perks to docs that prescribe it.... Since it's patented they can jack up the price.. the markup on it is insane... I've been trying to locate the info on that again to post the link.....

It just grates against me... how miserable I was on the stuff... under treated.... never even told of alternatives... never tested properly... on and on and on....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:34:27 -0700 "J Sisemore" writes:

I thought people did already take Synthroid for thyroid? Is this something new?

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has been around for 50 or 60 years... but never got FDA approval...

About the time that the manufacturers were hit with the class action law suit concerning all the problems with their product (they've had dozens and dozens of recalls on potency, consistency, labeling and shelf life) the FDA decided that all the synthetic thyroid products had to submit for FDA approval.... But until I found this today I had not known that they'd received it...

Natural thyroid, like Armour, has been around for more than a hundred years... and has NEVER been recalled for anything. Since it is not a manufactured product and does not have a patent... so far it's not been required to get FDA approval...

I'm not sure how all that works... it's basically all a money making thing,, mostly... they are no longer all that concerned with the safety of the public, it's more about how much money the companies involved can make. Synthroid is a veritable cash cow for the manufacturers, that is why they offer so many perks to docs that prescribe it.... Since it's patented they can jack up the price.. the markup on it is insane... I've been trying to locate the info on that again to post the link.....

It just grates against me... how miserable I was on the stuff... under treated.... never even told of alternatives... never tested properly... on and on and on....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:34:27 -0700 "J Sisemore" writes:

I thought people did already take Synthroid for thyroid? Is this something new?

[Guest guest]

Wow, I'm just ignorant of the whole process I guess. I assumed any Rx was FDA approved. You learn something new every day!

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

Synthroid has been around for 50 or 60 years... but never got FDA approval...

About the time that the manufacturers were hit with the class action law suit concerning all the problems with their product (they've had dozens and dozens of recalls on potency, consistency, labeling and shelf life) the FDA decided that all the synthetic thyroid products had to submit for FDA approval.... But until I found this today I had not known that they'd received it...

Natural thyroid, like Armour, has been around for more than a hundred years... and has NEVER been recalled for anything. Since it is not a manufactured product and does not have a patent... so far it's not been required to get FDA approval...

I'm not sure how all that works... it's basically all a money making thing,, mostly... they are no longer all that concerned with the safety of the public, it's more about how much money the companies involved can make. Synthroid is a veritable cash cow for the manufacturers, that is why they offer so many perks to docs that prescribe it.... Since it's patented they can jack up the price.. the markup on it is insane... I've been trying to locate the info on that again to post the link.....

It just grates against me... how miserable I was on the stuff... under treated.... never even told of alternatives... never tested properly... on and on and on....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:34:27 -0700 "J Sisemore" writes:

I thought people did already take Synthroid for thyroid? Is this something new?

[Guest guest]

Wow, I'm just ignorant of the whole process I guess. I assumed any Rx was FDA approved. You learn something new every day!

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

Synthroid has been around for 50 or 60 years... but never got FDA approval...

About the time that the manufacturers were hit with the class action law suit concerning all the problems with their product (they've had dozens and dozens of recalls on potency, consistency, labeling and shelf life) the FDA decided that all the synthetic thyroid products had to submit for FDA approval.... But until I found this today I had not known that they'd received it...

Natural thyroid, like Armour, has been around for more than a hundred years... and has NEVER been recalled for anything. Since it is not a manufactured product and does not have a patent... so far it's not been required to get FDA approval...

I'm not sure how all that works... it's basically all a money making thing,, mostly... they are no longer all that concerned with the safety of the public, it's more about how much money the companies involved can make. Synthroid is a veritable cash cow for the manufacturers, that is why they offer so many perks to docs that prescribe it.... Since it's patented they can jack up the price.. the markup on it is insane... I've been trying to locate the info on that again to post the link.....

It just grates against me... how miserable I was on the stuff... under treated.... never even told of alternatives... never tested properly... on and on and on....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:34:27 -0700 "J Sisemore" writes:

I thought people did already take Synthroid for thyroid? Is this something new?

[Guest guest]

Yay for " grandfathering " clauses.

OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,

didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.

not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

Re: The date the Synthroid

received FDA approval

To: the_thyroid_support_group

Wow, I'm just ignorant of the whole process I guess. I assumed any Rx

was FDA approved. You learn something new every day!

[Guest guest]

Yay for " grandfathering " clauses.

OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,

didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.

not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

Re: The date the Synthroid

received FDA approval

To: the_thyroid_support_group

Wow, I'm just ignorant of the whole process I guess. I assumed any Rx

was FDA approved. You learn something new every day!

[Guest guest]

Yay for " grandfathering " clauses.

OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,

didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.

not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

Re: The date the Synthroid

received FDA approval

To: the_thyroid_support_group

Wow, I'm just ignorant of the whole process I guess. I assumed any Rx

was FDA approved. You learn something new every day!

[Guest guest]

As I understand it.. some things that were in use before a certain date were grandfathered in.. and allowed to continue to be prescribed.... but as more and more recalls and complaints came in about the synthetics.. and other medications.. that got reexamined and many items that had not required approval before suddenly were....

If I remember correctly.. Synthroid and it's clones had 4 or 6 years to meet approval or be pulled off the market....

I stumbled across that bit of info with the date and that they got approved by accident this morning.. I was actually looking for info on the lesser known thyroid hormones....

Natural thyroid is just that, natural, no patents, no reformulation... and Armour has been around since the late 1800s. So unless laws drastically change it's gonna be around for us to use... If now... I've been reading up on how to make my own dissociated thyroid powder... I'll find a way to do it on my own.. this kid will NOT go back to the other stuff.....

...... sliding soap box BACK in the corner.... and kicking it to make it stay....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:38:04 -0700 "J Sisemore" writes:

Wow, I'm just ignorant of the whole process I guess. I assumed any Rx was FDA approved. You learn something new every day!

[Guest guest]

As I understand it.. some things that were in use before a certain date were grandfathered in.. and allowed to continue to be prescribed.... but as more and more recalls and complaints came in about the synthetics.. and other medications.. that got reexamined and many items that had not required approval before suddenly were....

If I remember correctly.. Synthroid and it's clones had 4 or 6 years to meet approval or be pulled off the market....

I stumbled across that bit of info with the date and that they got approved by accident this morning.. I was actually looking for info on the lesser known thyroid hormones....

Natural thyroid is just that, natural, no patents, no reformulation... and Armour has been around since the late 1800s. So unless laws drastically change it's gonna be around for us to use... If now... I've been reading up on how to make my own dissociated thyroid powder... I'll find a way to do it on my own.. this kid will NOT go back to the other stuff.....

...... sliding soap box BACK in the corner.... and kicking it to make it stay....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:38:04 -0700 "J Sisemore" writes:

Wow, I'm just ignorant of the whole process I guess. I assumed any Rx was FDA approved. You learn something new every day!

[Guest guest]

Aspirin is another one.... There are loads of them.. that would be a fun search some time.. to make a list of those things that we use effectively today that have been around so long that they are not federally 'controlled'....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:18:17 -0700 Lambert writes:

Yay for "grandfathering" clauses.OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

[Guest guest]

Aspirin is another one.... There are loads of them.. that would be a fun search some time.. to make a list of those things that we use effectively today that have been around so long that they are not federally 'controlled'....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:18:17 -0700 Lambert writes:

Yay for "grandfathering" clauses.OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

[Guest guest]

Aspirin is another one.... There are loads of them.. that would be a fun search some time.. to make a list of those things that we use effectively today that have been around so long that they are not federally 'controlled'....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:18:17 -0700 Lambert writes:

Yay for "grandfathering" clauses.OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

[Guest guest]

You know, I don't even see how they got this approval way back there, as there were all kinds of legal problems and such way after that, with a big class action lawsuit the The People won!!! How can that be. It's certainly not because it's a stable drug. Sounds like a lot of under the table stuff to me.

The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

I'd hoped I'd never see this.. I really wanted to see this stuff taken off the market or at least doctors properly trained in diagnosis and testing of thyroid function and hormone levels... but I am sad to say that I finally saw that FDA approval was given to Synthroid and the date. We often talk about it... but I don't remember anyone saying that they'd seen that FDA had approved it or the date.....

Topper ()

Synthroid Press Release -Abbott Park, Illinois, July 24, 2002 — Abbott Laboratories announced today it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, SYNTHROID® (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP T4 only), for thyroid disease management, as replacement or supplemental therapy for hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone suppression.

[Guest guest]

You know, I don't even see how they got this approval way back there, as there were all kinds of legal problems and such way after that, with a big class action lawsuit the The People won!!! How can that be. It's certainly not because it's a stable drug. Sounds like a lot of under the table stuff to me.

The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

I'd hoped I'd never see this.. I really wanted to see this stuff taken off the market or at least doctors properly trained in diagnosis and testing of thyroid function and hormone levels... but I am sad to say that I finally saw that FDA approval was given to Synthroid and the date. We often talk about it... but I don't remember anyone saying that they'd seen that FDA had approved it or the date.....

Topper ()

Synthroid Press Release -Abbott Park, Illinois, July 24, 2002 — Abbott Laboratories announced today it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, SYNTHROID® (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP T4 only), for thyroid disease management, as replacement or supplemental therapy for hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone suppression.

[Guest guest]

You know, I don't even see how they got this approval way back there, as there were all kinds of legal problems and such way after that, with a big class action lawsuit the The People won!!! How can that be. It's certainly not because it's a stable drug. Sounds like a lot of under the table stuff to me.

The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

I'd hoped I'd never see this.. I really wanted to see this stuff taken off the market or at least doctors properly trained in diagnosis and testing of thyroid function and hormone levels... but I am sad to say that I finally saw that FDA approval was given to Synthroid and the date. We often talk about it... but I don't remember anyone saying that they'd seen that FDA had approved it or the date.....

Topper ()

Synthroid Press Release -Abbott Park, Illinois, July 24, 2002 — Abbott Laboratories announced today it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its synthetic thyroid hormone replacement therapy, SYNTHROID® (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP T4 only), for thyroid disease management, as replacement or supplemental therapy for hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone suppression.

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has had numerous recalls, but Levoxyl takes their place lately.

Funny though, how meds like Armour have been poo-pooed but have NEVER been

recalled. The big pay off.

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA

approval

> Yay for " grandfathering " clauses.

>

> OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,

> didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.

>

> not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

>

>

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has had numerous recalls, but Levoxyl takes their place lately.

Funny though, how meds like Armour have been poo-pooed but have NEVER been

recalled. The big pay off.

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA

approval

> Yay for " grandfathering " clauses.

>

> OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,

> didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.

>

> not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

>

>

[Guest guest]

Synthroid has had numerous recalls, but Levoxyl takes their place lately.

Funny though, how meds like Armour have been poo-pooed but have NEVER been

recalled. The big pay off.

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA

approval

> Yay for " grandfathering " clauses.

>

> OTOH ..... I'm pretty sure aspirin got the grandfather treatment, too,

> didn't it? And I know lots of folks who find it pretty handy.

>

> not me, of course. I'm allergic. *sigh*

>

>

[Guest guest]

We could start our own pig farm. Does that sound mean? Nope. Survival. This is one case where I am NOT into "Save the Pigs".

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

As I understand it.. some things that were in use before a certain date were grandfathered in.. and allowed to continue to be prescribed.... but as more and more recalls and complaints came in about the synthetics.. and other medications.. that got reexamined and many items that had not required approval before suddenly were....

If I remember correctly.. Synthroid and it's clones had 4 or 6 years to meet approval or be pulled off the market....

I stumbled across that bit of info with the date and that they got approved by accident this morning.. I was actually looking for info on the lesser known thyroid hormones....

Natural thyroid is just that, natural, no patents, no reformulation... and Armour has been around since the late 1800s. So unless laws drastically change it's gonna be around for us to use... If now... I've been reading up on how to make my own dissociated thyroid powder... I'll find a way to do it on my own.. this kid will NOT go back to the other stuff.....

...... sliding soap box BACK in the corner.... and kicking it to make it stay....

Topper ()

[Guest guest]

We could start our own pig farm. Does that sound mean? Nope. Survival. This is one case where I am NOT into "Save the Pigs".

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

As I understand it.. some things that were in use before a certain date were grandfathered in.. and allowed to continue to be prescribed.... but as more and more recalls and complaints came in about the synthetics.. and other medications.. that got reexamined and many items that had not required approval before suddenly were....

If I remember correctly.. Synthroid and it's clones had 4 or 6 years to meet approval or be pulled off the market....

I stumbled across that bit of info with the date and that they got approved by accident this morning.. I was actually looking for info on the lesser known thyroid hormones....

Natural thyroid is just that, natural, no patents, no reformulation... and Armour has been around since the late 1800s. So unless laws drastically change it's gonna be around for us to use... If now... I've been reading up on how to make my own dissociated thyroid powder... I'll find a way to do it on my own.. this kid will NOT go back to the other stuff.....

...... sliding soap box BACK in the corner.... and kicking it to make it stay....

Topper ()

[Guest guest]

We could start our own pig farm. Does that sound mean? Nope. Survival. This is one case where I am NOT into "Save the Pigs".

Re: The date the Synthroid received FDA approval

As I understand it.. some things that were in use before a certain date were grandfathered in.. and allowed to continue to be prescribed.... but as more and more recalls and complaints came in about the synthetics.. and other medications.. that got reexamined and many items that had not required approval before suddenly were....

If I remember correctly.. Synthroid and it's clones had 4 or 6 years to meet approval or be pulled off the market....

I stumbled across that bit of info with the date and that they got approved by accident this morning.. I was actually looking for info on the lesser known thyroid hormones....

Natural thyroid is just that, natural, no patents, no reformulation... and Armour has been around since the late 1800s. So unless laws drastically change it's gonna be around for us to use... If now... I've been reading up on how to make my own dissociated thyroid powder... I'll find a way to do it on my own.. this kid will NOT go back to the other stuff.....

...... sliding soap box BACK in the corner.... and kicking it to make it stay....

Topper ()

[Guest guest]

I think you already know how I feel about all of that... I couldn't believe it when I saw it.. that's why I had to post it here.... and what surprised me is that we've been talking about this off and on over the past year... folks wondering if they would make the deadline... yet no one know that they'd made it or the date....

Un real....

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:53:34 -0500 " " writes:

You know, I don't even see how they got this approval way back there, as there were all kinds of legal problems and such way after that, with a big class action lawsuit the The People won!!! How can that be. It's certainly not because it's a stable drug. Sounds like a lot of under the table stuff to me.

[Guest guest]

We'd have our own source for glands... and plenty of meat for a high protein diet regime... win win, right?

hehehehehe

Topper ()

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:01:00 -0500 " " writes:

We could start our own pig farm. Does that sound mean? Nope. Survival. This is one case where I am NOT into "Save the Pigs".