As a thyroid patient, you are probably accustomed to stock issues when it comes to thyroid medication. In the last year alone we’ve seen several recalls for various brands of NDT which have negatively impacted the stock and availability of these medications. These recalls and issues have trickled downstream to thyroid patients who are now …
Ok, here’s the deal thyroid patients: I know that many of you are frustrated and feel that you are at the mercy of your doctor for how you feel day to day. But the truth is, you aren’t. This may come as a shock to some of you while other patients may know exactly what …
Thyroid antibodies have become somewhat of the hallmark of the autoimmune thyroid condition known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. While you can certainly have Hashimoto’s even without having thyroid antibodies, most people still associate Hashimoto’s with thyroid antibodies. What antibodies am I talking about? I’m talking about thyroglobulin antibodies and thyroid peroxidase antibodies. If you are reading …
A lot, and I mean a lot of thyroid patients get frustrated with their treatment. It’s not uncommon for me to read multiple emails each and every day about thyroid patients who are at their wit’s end. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the comment section on any blog post. …
Levothyroxine is the #1 most prescribed thyroid medication on the market and one of the most commonly prescribed medications period. It works by providing your body with the thyroid hormone that it is lacking. The big problem? It only works if it’s dosed correctly. And, unfortunately, many people are either taking too much or simply …
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a therapy that you could use that required very little effort on your part and had a profound effect on your thyroid gland? I’ve always told you to be critical of such claims because they are almost always not true. But laser therapy may be the closest thing …
Selenium is up there with iodine and zinc in terms of how important it is for your thyroid gland. What happens if you don’t have enough selenium in your body? For starters, it increases your risk of developing autoimmune disease (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis), may increase inflammation in your entire body and in your thyroid gland, and …
Inflammation is one of those things that we all know is bad but, even then, it’s not something that we always pay attention to. Inflammation, in any of its forms, causes serious problems for your health. It increases your risk of developing all kinds of diseases including serious diseases such as heart attack and stroke, …
I remember way back in the day (okay, about 4-5 years ago) when I first started practicing, I thought that helping people lose weight was going to be easy. All I needed to do was write a prescription for a couple of weight loss medications, have the patients take them, and BOOM weight loss. Well… …
Here’s what we know: People with a sluggish thyroid, from any cause, have no issue gaining weight but many problems losing it. There’s no disputing the fact that low thyroid function leads to weight gain. So it makes sense that once you treat your thyroid, this weight should come off, right? You would think so …
