Synthetic thyroid vs natural thyroid

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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.

People here are the 'thyroid challenged' people, were not normal thyroid patients. Most here leaned about it and became thyroid obsessed since standard thyroid treatment did not work for them. I know if standard Synthroid combined with labs just somewhere in the TSH range worked for me, I'd have better things to do than hang out here......... LOL just sayin' ! So if synthetic worked for me, I'd be "#@?, this synthetic $!?

i may have to have my thyroid removed. which is better armour or one of the synthetic hormones? any risks with either?

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?

I switched three months ago to the natural compounded thyroid meds. OH MY what a difference. No more highs and lows...no more headaches. It is the first time I feel normal in over 3 years... I do not care what the studies show and I am not alone. Funny how the testing always seems to prove the synthetic meds are just as good...even better...maybe this occurrs because the test are done by the group supporting the pharma?

Some doctors have always used synthetic thyroid and just do not know how to begin you on, or change you to, pig thyroid, so if that is often the case the patient may need to see an endocrine specialist after inquiring whether they do use both types of thyroid supplements and start from there. If you need thyroid it's probably a good idea to see a specialist anyway to determine whether everything else is functioning at a healthy level.

The results showed that the patients scored better after receiving the natural thyroid Armour on 6 of 17 measures of mood and cognition than those on the synthetic drug Synthroid. Results of mood and physical status tests were better in 10 of 15 instances. There was also biochemical evidence that thyroid hormone action was greater after treatment with natural thyroid rather than the synthetic. Can there really be that big of a difference between natural and synthetic? You bet.

I agree with both of you...especially pursuing the path of least resistance. Lots of people tolerate and do just fine on T4 alone. I wouldn't rock the boat unless I found T4 didn't work for me. By and large, we on this forum are not here because we fit the standard definitions of thyroid disorders nicely. Jen399, don't assume you'll be one of us (cantankerous old things that we are). My understanding on Armour is that it comes in two varieties.

I just wanted to mention that everyone is different so some people may do just as well on a mix of Synthroid and Cytomel as oppose to natural thyroid like Armour, Naturethroid, etc but others don't do well on the synthetic version. I've taken both forms and after a short while on the synthetic we realized I get an allergic reaction to the synthetic thyroid and cannot take it at all.

Other people are able to take only a dose or split dose more likely of a natural dessicated thyroid NDT med such as Arour, WP Thyroid EFRA etc. Others may need to add more synthetic T4, or more synthetic T3 in addition to the NDT. Like I said. Whatever works. I would recommend that people who are gluten intolerant probably should avoid Armour, as I have heard that it contains gluten in the filler/buffer.

t convert the T4 to T3, you either need to take natural thyroid meds like you are doing or else supplement synthroid with a synthetic T3 med. Out of curiosity: does your primary doc instruct you to take the Natur_thryoid in a couple of doses (since the T3 in it are used by the body fairly quickly)? Also: since you have been having these recent problems, see if your primary can order thryoid blood test, specifically free T3 and free T4 in addition to TSH.

My Antithyroglobulin Ab is 150. I am making antibodies against the pig thyroid. I also have MS and was told that synthetic medication would aggrevate the disease. I am getting a little confused because I am still having hypo- symptoms such as abdominal weight gain and dry skin and hair. Should I switch back to the levothyroxine even though I see no change in my symptoms? I assume doing so will bring down the Antithyroglobulin Ab count.

It is the engine of your body that is why is at the very entrance to your body in the form of a shield. Living with hypo is hell, pure hell! I take a combination of a synthetic and natural thyroid. Pure natural left me with low T4, so I switched to a combination of both.

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