Re: LDN & goiter

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rboncan wrote:

>>does anyone know if LDN will help with goiter? My friend is trying to avoid

surgery. anyone have any advice?

LDN got rid of my nodules on my thyroid - took about 6 months. I had

multi-nodular goiter, chain nodules.

Iodine (Iodoral brand name) got rid of my goiter - took less than 7 months at

dose of 50 mg per day.

I would take both LDN and iodine - see iodine forum at .groups.com. & read

articles about iodine therapy at optimox.com (not optimax, optimox).

Best,

Connie

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I also take LDN (1 mg) and Iodoral 50 mg/day. I also need 1/2 grain natural Thyroid/day. The LDN has given me that little extra boost I wasn't getting from the previous items. I wouldn't want to be without any of these things!!

Write me off list for links to a lot of info on Iodoral from people using it.

[Guest guest]

>>>Connie - how long did you have the goiter prior to starting LDN and Iodoral?

Did you also have Hashimoto's?

>>>Also - what test did you take to show that you had low iodine?

The goiter was discovered 6 years before starting LDN - but I may have had it

for several years before that. I was not in the habit of seeing a doctor & only

went at the insistence of a friend when I had bronchitis. Yes, I have

Hashimoto's. (although I haven't retested my antibodies since starting LDN, so

I don't know if they're down, gone, or remain the same.)

I did no test for iodine, although one is available if you read articles at

optimox.com (it's called an iodine loading test). After I read the articles I

decided to assume I was deficient as virtually everyone that the iodine doctors

tested were deficient. In the past 40 or so years iodine has been taken out of

the diet and replaced with bromide (in bread); bromide is a halide that competes

for the iodine receptors in the body's cells, so virtually everyone is likely to

be iodine deficient & bromide toxic. There are also halides in the environment

that compete for the iodine receptors - fluoride in water, chloride, bromide is

in carpets, furniture, computers, TVs, making everyone not supplementing with

iodine, toxic.

Best,

Connie