Guest guest Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 , most people who have symptoms while they are being treated with T4, attribute their symptoms to other things, because the doctor tells them their thyroid is " fine " . RT3 is NEVER tested unless the patient brings it up. Therefore, if it's never tested it's never seen and so it's never treated. The people who have it just get sicker and sicker until they die and then the cause of death is listed as heart attack or stroke or some other devestation. They don't usually go back and track what was going on before, unless it's a homicide. The other thing is that I would think a majority of patients don't even know enough to even assume there is something wrong with their treatment. It's only if you've joined a group like this or some other ones that you start to realize all is not as stated by the doctor. I speak to many people about the groups that are on line and what can be learned from them. Most of them (not computer literate) have no idea, and only take the word of their doctors. If they don't feel well many doctors give them SSRIs to keep them " calmed down " or pain pills. Then they get more symptoms from the drugs and are given other drugs. It becomes a very debilitating and dangerous situation. Dr. Oz, in his TV program every day, talks about these things and advises people to become proactive in their own health care and look out for all these dangerous drugs that are overprescribed. He is a renowned cardiologist and surgeon. He is not the only doctor that is starting to realize that people are being treated wrongly in many cases. <>Roni Immortality exists! It's called knowledge! Just because something isn't seen doesn't mean it's not there<> > > From: <res075oh@... <mailto:res075oh%40verizon.net>> > Subject: Re: The Latest > hypothyroidism > <mailto:hypothyroidism%40> > Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 7:07 AM > > OTOH when a patient has symptoms that indicate possible hypothyroidism > and a blood test indicates elevated TSH and T4 is prescribed and > titrated to the proper TSH level and the symptoms disappear [as happens > with about 95% of patients] then there is little incentive [or need] to > continue testing. From everything I've seen I suspect the percentage of > hypo patients with a reverse T3 problem is probably in the low single > digits. If anyone has any different info on that I'd appreciate a > reference. > > > . ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 You are correct. If no one tests for it, no one knows about it and therefore no one is counting numbers. It's invisible for all intents and purposes because no one gets to see it. In the beginning, Fibromyalgia patients were told that it was all in their head and given anti psychotics. Now it's realized that there are literally millions of people in the US alone who have it. It still doesn't show anything on their tests, because they are probably not testing for the correct thing. It's just like Diabetes. Originally, it was also called a syndrome because there was no repeatable test for it. Once they had a test, it was relabeled as an actual illness, and then treatment was tested and tried and we are where we are today, which is much better, but still not perfect. I have real hope that the genetic information and growing new cells from a persons own cells or donated cells will have a real impact on our health situation. I hear they just succeeded in growing the first little liver from cells. <>Roni Immortality exists! It's called knowledge! Just because something isn't seen doesn't mean it's not there<> > > Where does your referencecome from for how many people are PROPERLY > > treated on T4 alone?... > > About 10 years ago, Armour grossly dominated the dessicated market. In > that period the number of levothyroxine prescriptions filled each year > was more than 20:1 over Armour. That means more than 95% use T4. If you > look up the most commonly prescribed drugs, they group Synthroid and all > the generics together. They don't do the same for T3 or dessicated types. > > Chuck ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Yes, and if a person has a high RT3 that is suppressing the TSH to a level that appears with testing to be a HYPERthyroid state, or even low normal range, they are going to be told that it is too dangerous to take hormone (heart and bones) regardless of how severe their symptoms of low thyroid may be. There could be hundreds of thousands of people in this situation. Marla > > You are correct. If no one tests for it, no one knows about it and therefore no one is > counting numbers. It's invisible for all intents and purposes because no one gets to > see it. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Exactly. That's what I went through and for years I kept telling them I wasn't hyper because I had no hyper symptoms, but was in fact hypo and had most of those symptoms. No one listened, I had three miscarriages 4th month, 5th month and 1st month. It was a miracle that I carried and gave birth. <>Roni Immortality exists! It's called knowledge! Just because something isn't seen doesn't mean it's not there<> From: flatwoodfarms <marlum@...> Subject: Re: The Latest hypothyroidism Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 12:05 PM Yes, and if a person has a high RT3 that is suppressing the TSH to a level that appears with testing to be a HYPERthyroid state, or even low normal range, they are going to be told that it is too dangerous to take hormone (heart and bones) regardless of how severe their symptoms of low thyroid may be. There could be hundreds of thousands of people in this situation. Marla > > You are correct. If no one tests for it, no one knows about it and therefore no one is > counting numbers. It's invisible for all intents and purposes because no one gets to > see it. > ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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