Re: (chuck) Over the counter versus prescription

[Guest guest]

Chuck,

Thank-You for the excellent clarification. I guess I will have to wait and

see how I feel on the nutrimed, I just need a bit more time to evaluate the

dosage. I got scared when I read this online ******************* " NOTE:

Prescription desiccated thyroid drugs are NOT the same as over-the-counter

thyroid

glandular supplements. The difference between prescription thyroid extract and

the

thyroid extracts sold as nutritional supplements, is the latter are required

by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be free of the known active

thyroid hormones (thyroxine and triiodothyronine). The use of hormone-free

thyroid

preparations has not been evaluated in scientific studies, but some doctors

believe these products may provide nutritional support to the thyroid gland or

contain other compounds with possible hormonal activity. Desiccated natural

thyroid is available as a prescription drug for the management of

hypothyroidism.

The pharmaceutical preparation is standardized and contains both thyroxine and

triiodothyronine. Thyroid extracts marketed as nutritional supplements are

not allowed to have these hormones in them.**********

Because if the above is true then the over the counter products like

nutri-med don't have the T3 or T4. If this is true then why would some of the

people

on this formum who have taken nutrimed report good results! So I think you

are right and If I order one of those home tests then I can make sure my tsh

doesn't get back up to 27 again. The FDA is very tricky and I know that the

supplement companies have to be very careful in what they say as to not have

their

product taken off the market. The FDA even tried to get vitamin E taken off

the market and sold as a prescription! So I liked your caveat emptor

statement! Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply.

Blessings,

Loriann

Loriann,

I believe a desiccated animal part is considered " food " or a " food

supplement, " which makes it exempt from drug regulations, even though it

may contain a powerful hormone. If someone chemically extracts the

hormones from the thyroid bodies to concentrate them or control the

dosage, the result becomes a drug and subject to various controls and

standards, including the requirement for a doctor's prescription.

Caveat emptor.

Chuck B.

[Guest guest]

Loriann,

You wrote:

> Thank-You for the excellent clarification. ...

Thank YOU. I was under the evidently mistaken impression that the

non-prescription version still had at least some T4 and T3 in it. This

should become a standard warning on recommendations for the purchase of

non-prescription desiccated thyroid glands. It is a recommendation I

usually ignore on this list, since I seem to be doing well with just

Synthroid.

Chuck

[Guest guest]

Chuck,

Gosh it is hard to know what is hype on a web site trying to scare us to

death versus what is truth. It does make sense though that if the non

prescription (they say they take nothing out) is actually whole desiccated

thyroid it

should have some of the t2 t4 ...so far I am not feeling very good..end of my

fifth day but I'm going to change my dosing a bit. I started out on Synthroid

Chuck..but I got scared about the bone loss issue that may be more of a problem

for women than men. I'm 41 and need to get serious about taking my calcium

anyway so the bones don't break easily later on. If you are doing well on it

though I applaude you....can you even imagine feeling the way we felt before any

meds? Yuck! :-)

Blessings,

Loriann

> Loriann,

>

> You wrote:

>

> > Thank-You for the excellent clarification. ...

>

> Thank YOU. I was under the evidently mistaken impression that the

> non-prescription version still had at least some T4 and T3 in it. This

> should become a standard warning on recommendations for the purchase of

> non-prescription desiccated thyroid glands. It is a recommendation I

> usually ignore on this list, since I seem to be doing well with just

> Synthroid.

>

> Chuck

>

>

>