Re: *ARMOUR dangerous??

[Guest guest]

I really don't know, but Doctors don't have time to learn new things so by

and large they depend on the drug companies to " teach " them what to

prescribe (push). I say the reason always has something to do with MONEY.

Mercola.com has a number of articles about ARMOUR. Here is just one. There

as also one from 2001 from the Wall Street Journal where they were talking

about pulling SYNTHROID off the market...because it was not safe....

~Inga

NEJM Study Proves Armour Thyroid Better Than Synthroid

Patients with hypothyroidism show greater improvements in mood and brain

function if they receive treatment Armour thyroid rather than Synthroid

(thyroxiine). Hypothyroidism, where the gland has ceased to function or been

removed, is usually treated with daily doses of Synthroid. But the

researchers found that substituting Armour thyroid led to improvements in

mood and in neuropsychological functioning.

Not all tissues that need thyroid hormone are equally able to convert

thyroxine to triiodothyronine, the active form of the hormone. But most

patients with hypothyroidism (reduced thyroid function) are treated only

with thyroxine. On 6 of 17 measures of mood and cognition -- a catchall term

that refers to language, learning and memory -- the patients scored better

after receiving Armour thyroid than after receiving Synthroid. No score was

better after Synthroid than after combination treatment. The authors also

detected biochemical evidence that thyroid hormone action was greater after

treatment with Armour thyroid. The patients who were on Armour thyroid had

significantly higher serum concentrations of sex hormone-binding globulin

The New England Journal of Medicine 1999;340:424-429, 469-470.

COMMENT: Extracts of animal thyroid tissue, first used in 1892, contained

both thyroxine and triiodothyronine (Armour thyroid) and were the only

available treatment for hypothyroidism for some 50 years. Because of concern

about their variable potency, these extracts have been considered obsolete

for some time by all but a few natural prescribers. This is a MAJOR article.

I did not realize that natural therapies would penetrate this far this

quickly. I am very surprised that this was published in NEJM. If one reads

the editorial, you will find that it recommends that patient NOT switch from

Synthroid to Armour thyroid because more research needs to be done and " the

majority of patients taking Synthroid " have no complaints about their

medication. " If your doctor or endocrinologist refuses to give you Armour

thyroid instead of Synthroid, you can use this article to show him that it

is indeed better. Synthroid (thryoxine) is RARELY ever the best choice for

hypothyroid patients.

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> Please, does anyone know where do they get the idea Armour is " dangerous " ?

> Re: I also saw my doctor today.

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> In a message dated 12/3/2004 3:39:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> klb58@... writes:

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>> She then expressed that she had done some reading and spoke with several of

>> her peers and they felt that Armour was " dangerous

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> this is plain stupid. they are wrong and uninformed.

> cindi

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[Guest guest]

THANKS INGA!!!!! I'm going to print this out and take it to my " NEW " Dr. I

have a appt. on the 22nd! If he will not prescribe me Armour, I am going to

keep looking for one. Even though I have placed an order, I will still look for

a new Dr. I'm am so afraid that the day will come when we will not be able to

get meds on line, so the search for a new Dr. is on! Might take months, years,

whatever, I have to keep searching!

I think I will send this to my former Dr!

Thanks again,

Kathy

Re: I also saw my doctor today.

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> In a message dated 12/3/2004 3:39:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> klb58@... writes:

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>> She then expressed that she had done some reading and spoke with several of

>> her peers and they felt that Armour was " dangerous

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> this is plain stupid. they are wrong and uninformed.

> cindi

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