Re: Doc says T3 peak may cause heart attack--HAHAHAHAHA

[Guest guest]

HAHAHA,

Best joke of the year & very good article!!!

Actually, my worst heart problems occur when hypo ( & I took the

dangerous synthetic thyroid meds). I needed a natural medicine

Crataegus to fix my troubled & probably enlarged heart, before I was

able to reach my optimal dose of Armour.

Think about it.

Margreet.

>

> Question: Six months ago, I was losing a lot of hair. I started

> studying hair loss and found out it might be caused by a thyroid

> problem. I went to see my doctor, and as it turned out, I was

right.

> My TSH level was 20.8. My doctor said I'm hypothyroid and

prescribed

> 75 mcg of Synthroid. Since I've been using the Synthroid, I've

felt

> worse and worse, and my hair is still falling out. My doctor says

> that since my TSH is now 1.8, the Synthroid is working fine. After

> studying more, I found out that many hypothyroid people don't do

> well with Synthroid but get better with Armour. My doctor has

talked

> it down, saying that in lab test studies, Synthroid worked better.

> He said that if I take Armour, the T3 in my blood will peak, and

> that may cause me to have a heart attack. I don't want to risk

that.

> At 27 years old, I'm not ready to die. What are my other options?

Is

> there some other treatment I can get, or am I doomed to stay on

> Synthroid, feel horrible, and lose all my hair?

>

> Answer: Your best options are to reeducate your doctor or find

one

> who's more knowledgeable about thyroid hormone therapy. I suspect

> that your doctor has been mislead by two groundless beliefs

> promulgated by the endocrinology specialty—beliefs with disastrous

> consequences for hypothyroid patients such as you. The beliefs are

> about potential harm from using thyroid hormone products, such as

> Armour, that contain T3 as well as T4.

>

> The endocrinology specialty first promotes the belief that only a

> steady blood level of T3 is normal and healthy; it follows through

> with a second, corollary belief: that is, if the T3 blood level

> peaks briefly, as after taking Armour, the patient is in peril.

> He'll probably have troubling heart palpitations, but worse, he

may

> drop dead from a heart attack. The way around these potential

> problems, says the specialty, is to use T4 alone, as in Synthroid.

>

> It is true that for some some patients, a brief peak T3 level is

> indeed dangerous. But these patients aren't likely to walk into

> doctors' offices and ask for Armour or T3. The reason is, they're

> lying on their death beds in nursing homes, and a sip of coffee or

> tea might make their fragile hearts shutter and threaten to stop

> beating.

>

> True, the hearts of these decrepit patients may not tolerate peak

T3

> levels well. This doesn't mean, however, that the same is true of

> the hearts of all patients. But concluding that it is true of all

is

> an absurdly invalid deduction the endocrinology specialty has made.

>

> For most patients, the brief peak T3 level from T4/T3 or T3

products

> is entirely inconsequential. I have observed— scrutinized is more

> accurate—many hundreds of patients who were using Armour or plain

> T3. Not a single one complained of troublesome palpitations during

> the peak T3 level. And not one reported a symptom during that peak

> T3 time that intimated an impending heart attack. In fact, no

> patient reported a symptom that suggested even a mild heart

> dysfunction.

>

> The belief that the peak T3 level is troubling or dangerous for

most

> hypothyroid patients has no scientific grounds. But as a scare

> tactic, it is an excellent marketing strategy. The belief has

> undoubtedly frightened hundreds of thousands of doctors, such as

> yours, into prescribing Synthroid in lieu of Armour. And as a

> result, it's led to the sustained suffering of millions of

patients,

> such as you.

>

> The solution to this problem—as with so many other health problems

> today—is to reeducate your doctor. Or, if his mind is closed, the

> solution is to find another one who already knows how to treat you

> safely and effectively. Best of luck at it.

>

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