natural hormone replacement vs synthetic

There's a thread on page one called Synthroid vs. Natural Hormones you might want to look at.

ve been reading up on the dessicated vs synthetic and found that synthetic only treats one thyroid hormone, while dessicated treats 5. Are you familiar with this? I have an appt soon and will be discussing it with my doctor and if he's not willing to work on it with me then I will look into an Endo.

I agree with naturopath or bioidentical hormone specialist. They can help you thru this time without synthetic drugs.

I'm a dork! I found this for starters: "Levothyroxine, also known as L-thyroxine, synthetic T4 or 3,5,3',5'-tetraiodo-L-thyronine, is a synthetic form of thyroxine (thyroid hormone). The natural hormone is chemically in the L-form, as is the pharmaceutical agent. Dextrothyroxine (D-thyroxine) briefly saw research as an anticholesterol agent but was pulled due to cardiac side-effects" Both are in the same chemical form, so is it an isomer?

Just wondering if anyone has switched from Synthyroid to a natural thyroid replacement, and if so, if you could share your experience if it was positive or negitive?

A couple of members here, including myself, watched Robin McGraw yesterday speak about bio-identical hormone replacement therapy. Did you know that women as young as their teens can have hormonal imbalances ? And that you can show signs of perimenopause in your 20s... feel horrible and be misdiagnosed with chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia ? And yet the medical field has failed us again on this other issue.

When on a natural desiccated thyroid medication the Free T3 and Free T4 MUST be looked at each time increases or decreases of meds occur. This product has a direct T3 natural hormone directly going into the system and the TSH is very unreliable on dectecting how well you are doing on the dosage you are taking. The product "Armour" has been changed since Feb 2009.

No - thyroid replacement hormones are the only way you can treat hypothyroidism. These can be either synthetic, such as Synthroid, Levothyroxine, etc or desiccated, such as Armour, ERFA, NatureThroid, etc.

She decided that I needed to be taking a natural thyroid hormone instead of a synthetic and put me on 1 grain of Naturethroid. In less than 2 months, my TSH jumped to 77.86. When I was tested, my PCP called me at home and changed my meds back to Synthroid on the spot. How do you feel about synthetic replacement versus natural replacement?

t natural to the human body. So all those hormone prescriptions were based on pregnant female horse urine... now they're trying to enter the bio-identical hormone market by transmuting natural substances (wild yams, for instance) into molecules identical to horse homones -- in other words, they'll call them "natural" (not "bio-identical") and continue to sell their cancer-causing poison. Interesting, huh?

Are you taking synthetic or dessicated natural thyroid hormone replacement? In many cases doctors are only measuring the T4 which is all that the synthetic hormone affects. The natural one has been proven to better control your hypothyroidism and you need to measure your T3. Many doctors are saying your hormone levels are good when they really arent.

t natural to the human body. So all those hormone prescriptions were based on pregnant female horse urine... now they're trying to enter the bio-identical hormone market by transmuting natural substances (wild yams, for instance) into molecules identical to horse homones -- in other words, they'll call them "natural" (not "bio-identical") and continue to sell their cancer-causing poison. Interesting, huh?

I have never tried natural hormones or synthetic hormones, and I'm going through menopause now. I experience extreme irritability, but not anxiety in particular. Because of the potential side-effects of any hormone "bioidentical" or otherwise I choose to just take the natural route. I know that physicians would disagree with my choice, but for me personally, I just think that when the body says "I'm on a new journey" we should listen to what our bodies say.

Had to giggle on your question you posted about not wanting pig thyroid and seeing your screen name GuineaPigs8. Sometimes the thyroid mind in me is just silly...... sorry Go to rx.com or drugs.

Regarding your question about serum levels not rising when starting on thyroid med, when starting on thyroid med, the hypothalamus/pituitary system responds by reducing the output of TSH, and thus the production of natural thyroid hormone. Serum thyroid levels are the sum of both natural thyroid hormone and thyroid med.

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