About 50% of thyroid patients still have thyroid symptoms when taking levothyroxine. If this is you, know that you aren’t alone. The fact that so many people do poorly on levothyroxine isn’t surprising. What is surprising is that most of these patients have no idea that alternatives exist. And that these alternatives are much better …
Let’s start with what many doctors won’t tell you: T3 is the most active and powerful thyroid hormone in your body and is far more potent than the T4 found in levothyroxine. For this reason, it’s probably the best (or second-best) thyroid hormone you can take for weight loss. For purposes of this article, I’m …
Levothyroxine is, by far, the most commonly prescribed medication used to treat hypothyroidism and many thyroid patients have no idea the problems that it can cause. This is probably part of the reason that thyroid patients score it a 5.1 out of 10 on average (1) and why so many thyroid patients prefer other thyroid …
Not feeling better on your levothyroxine? You aren’t alone. But making a few simple tweaks can dramatically improve how well your thyroid medication is working. Try these tweaks if you feel like your thyroid medication isn’t doing its job: #1. Change HOW you take your thyroid medication. If you’re like most thyroid patients, then you’re …
Recently, the FDA sent warning letters (1) to manufacturers of natural desiccated thyroid (NDT), thyroid medications like Armour Thyroid and np thyroid, stating that these medications are technically illegal to sell without new approval. They’ve given these companies 12 months to comply or shut down production. This is definitely a power play by the …
