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Taking your Thyroid Medication Sublingually: Is it Safe & Does it Work?

July 23, 2020July 16, 2020 by Dr. Westin Childs

The problem with thyroid medication absorption: Enter sublingual thyroid medicationThyroid medication is both a blessing and a curse to thyroid patients. A blessing in that it can truly be a life-altering medication or therapy to many thyroid patients. But a curse in the sense that this blessing only occurs if you take your medication correctly, at the …

NP Thyroid Recall for Superpotency: What you need to know

July 16, 2020May 29, 2020 by Dr. Westin Childs

NP Thyroid Recall by AcellaThyroid news report: On May 22nd, 2020 Acella Pharmaceuticals issued a voluntary nationwide recall of certain lots of NP thyroid due to superpotency. Don’t worry, I’m going to explain in plain English what this all means and how it applies to you. If you aren’t already aware, NP thyroid is a prescription thyroid medication …

The Best Thyroid Medication for Weight Loss

July 20, 2020May 22, 2020 by Dr. Westin Childs

Thyroid & Weight GainThyroid patients often struggle with their weight. If you are reading this, and you have low thyroid or hypothyroidism, then you probably know what I am talking about. Your thyroid is one of the primary regulators of your metabolism. This is why people who have low thyroid or hypothyroidism end up gaining weight. Low thyroid leads …

Lactose: Why Nature-throid & WP Thyroid Aren’t Working

August 24, 2020April 30, 2020 by Dr. Westin Childs

Over the years we’ve seen more and more formulations of NDT fall out of favor with patients. Thyroid medications such as Nature Throid and Armour thyroid used to be widely considered as some of the best thyroid medications on the market but now more and more people are having trouble with them. And by trouble, I’m talking …

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Levothyroxine Injections: Should you use them?

March 26, 2020March 25, 2020 by Dr. Westin Childs

The Case for Levothyroxine InjectionsThere’s no doubt that if you are a thyroid patient you’ve heard of levothyroxine. Levothyroxine is the most standard and frequently prescribed medication to treat hypothyroidism of all types (and your doctor’s favorite medication to use even though it isn’t the best). Today we are going to be discussing levothyroxine but with a …

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Sustained Release T3 (SR T3): Should you use this thyroid medication?

July 20, 2020January 15, 2020 by Dr. Westin Childs

What is Sustained Release T3?You probably already know that T3 is the single most important thyroid hormone in your body. If you’ve spent any time researching then you probably ALSO know that you can take T3 as a medication and that MOST thyroid medications contain only T4. But what you may not be aware of is that …

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What to use Instead of Thyroid Meds (5 Natural Treatment Options)

May 5, 2020December 29, 2019 by Dr. Westin Childs

Is it possible to use something other than the standard thyroid meds that you’ve been given by your doctor? The answer is maybe. But I don’t want you to think that it’s always possible to get off of your thyroid medication because that just isn’t the case. If you are someone with REALLY advanced Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, or someone …

NP Thyroid Facts: What you should know before using it

November 15, 2019 by Dr. Westin Childs

Is NP Thyroid Any Good? If you don’t know much about NP thyroid then you are in the right place. We are going to be talking about FACTS that you should know prior to using this medication. If you don’t know what NP thyroid is then let me fill you in. NP thyroid is a type of natural desiccated …

Synthroid: 5 Reasons it isn’t working for you

July 20, 2020November 6, 2019 by Dr. Westin Childs

Synthroid Can Work (But not always)Look. Many people are quick to jump on the bandwagon and make statements like Synthroid or levothyroxine simply don’t work. But is that actually true? Not entirely. In fact, Synthroid CAN work for a lot of people. But it is true that there are other options which may be BETTER for many of you …

Using T3 Thyroid Hormone During Pregnancy: Is it Safe?

November 1, 2019August 22, 2019 by Dr. Westin Childs

The standard of care is to place all pregnant women on T4 only medications such as levothyroxine or Synthroid. But what happens to women who are taking thyroid medications which contain T3 when they become pregnant? What about women who are already doing well on medications that contain T3 and want to become pregnant? We are going to …