off topic, but I could use some advice and input

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Hello to all. The one dilemma I have is my thyroid medication. I

have had thyroid problems since I was 16 years old, and despite all of

the medications, we could never get it well controlled. About 3 years

ago, my doctor switched me from synthetic thyroid, which never worked,

to Armour Thyroid, which worked brilliantly. Until I became a veggie,

I never thought much about medications. Recently, I learned that

Armour thyroid is made by the same company that makes Armour

Hotdogs!!! That means my medication contains the pigs gland from all

of those horribly treated animals from a factory farm, and would

contain all of the growth hormones, antibiotics, and steroids the same

way the meat would. I am really distressed about this. Has anyone

found a better solution, or dealt with the same issue? Thanks for any

advice.

Brenda

[Guest guest]

berrywell wrote:

>

> Hello to all. The one dilemma I have is my thyroid medication. I

> have had thyroid problems since I was 16 years old, and despite all of

> the medications, we could never get it well controlled. About 3 years

> ago, my doctor switched me from synthetic thyroid, which never worked,

> to Armour Thyroid, which worked brilliantly. Until I became a veggie,

> I never thought much about medications. Recently, I learned that

> Armour thyroid is made by the same company that makes Armour

> Hotdogs!!! That means my medication contains the pigs gland from all

> of those horribly treated animals from a factory farm, and would

> contain all of the growth hormones, antibiotics, and steroids the same

> way the meat would. I am really distressed about this. Has anyone

> found a better solution, or dealt with the same issue? Thanks for any

> advice.

> Brenda

>

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> Dear Brenda,

 

 

> I faced the same afwul dilemma, and ended up, on the advice of a

> naturopath, using the seaweed bladderwrack, a very specific variety

> of kelp. I buy it online. I have not used it often enough (I need to

> start again!) to tell you for sure if it works, but it seemed to.

>

 

 

> --Donna Faith K-Brooks

>

 

 

 

 

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Here is a list of the common thyroid meds....you may have to do some research to

see which ones would be right for your condition AND which are at the very least

cruelty-free or best case ones that are truly vegan.

 

Armour Thyroid – Manufactured by Forest Pharmaceuticals Forest Pharmaceuticals

Armour is a Nature Thyroid product made from porcine (pig) thyroids. It has both

t4 and t3 but in a natural form. Armour

 

Naturethroid - Manufactured by Western Research Laboratories Western Research

Labs Naturethroid is natural thyroid that is derived from fresh and promptly

frozen porcine glands (Pig). Naturethroid has both t4 and t3. Naturethroid is

made with microcrystalline cellulose to make it hypoallergenic.

 

Westhroid - Manufactured by Western Research Laboratories Western Research Labs

Westhroid is natural thyroid that is derived from fresh and promptly frozen

porcine glands (Pig). Westhroid has both t3 and t4. Westhroid is made with

cornstarch which makes it different from Naturethroid.

 

Cytomel - Manufactured by King Pharmaceuticals. Cytomel is synthetic t3 only.

Cytomel

 

Levothroid - Manufactured by Forest Pharmaceuticals. Levothroid is made of a

synthetic t4 (levothyroxine)Levothroid

 

Levoxyl - Manufactured by King Pharmaceuticals .Levoxyl is made of synthetic t4

(levothyroxine)Levoxyl

 

Synthroid - Manufactured by Abbott Laboratories. Synthroid is a synthetic t4

(levothyroxine)Synthroid

 

Thyrogen - Manufactured by Genzyme Corporation. Thyrogen is used in Thyroid

Cancer patients. Thyrogen

 

Thyrolar - Manufactured by Forest Pharmaceuticals Thyrolar is a t4 and t3

synthetic product. In the same ratios as Armour Thyroid but synthetic. Thyrolar

 

Unithroid - Manufactured by Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals. Unithroid is a t4

synthetic product. (levothyroxine)

 

Tapazole - Manufactured by King Pharmaceuticals. Tapazole is used for patients

with hyperthyroidism. Tapazole

 

 

since you are doing so well on the Armour stuff...my thought is that you need

t3 and t4....I am of course just guessing...I'm not your dr...nor am I a

doctor...(yet..but working for it!)....

 

Other courses of action besides asking your dr for suggestions would be drop a

line to PETA....or call your pharmacist....they have a tendency to know tons of

facts and figures about medications..especially ones for fairly common

disorders..

 

and GOOD LUCK!!..

 

Cryph

 

berrywell <berrywell wrote:

Hello to all. The one dilemma I have is my thyroid medication. I

have had thyroid problems since I was 16 years old, and despite all of

the medications, we could never get it well controlled. About 3 years

ago, my doctor switched me from synthetic thyroid, which never worked,

to Armour Thyroid, which worked brilliantly. Until I became a veggie,

I never thought much about medications. Recently, I learned that

Armour thyroid is made by the same company that makes Armour

Hotdogs!!! That means my medication contains the pigs gland from all

of those horribly treated animals from a factory farm, and would

contain all of the growth hormones, antibiotics, and steroids the same

way the meat would. I am really distressed about this. Has anyone

found a better solution, or dealt with the same issue? Thanks for any

advice.

Brenda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have wondered this myself. I have a hard enough time being regulated on the

natural thyroids, I hate to think about going to synthetics (which didn't work

for me anyway several years ago!). I really don't know what to do about it

either. I try NOT to think about it actually. I have wondered, though, if the

natural thyroids are so refined that the " other stuff " has been removed?

 

I am curious to see what kind of replies you get back on this, so I hope people

don't respond to you privately.....

 

Lisa

Wife to Chuck (13 yrs.)

Homeschooling mom to Hunter (9 1/2), Chase (7), and Brooke (3 1/2).

chugust

 

 

 

 

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berrywell

 

04/15/2007 4:28:03 PM

off topic, but I could use some advice and

input

 

 

Hello to all. The one dilemma I have is my thyroid medication. I

have had thyroid problems since I was 16 years old, and despite all of

the medications, we could never get it well controlled. About 3 years

ago, my doctor switched me from synthetic thyroid, which never worked,

to Armour Thyroid, which worked brilliantly. Until I became a veggie,

I never thought much about medications. Recently, I learned that

Armour thyroid is made by the same company that makes Armour

Hotdogs!!! That means my medication contains the pigs gland from all

of those horribly treated animals from a factory farm, and would

contain all of the growth hormones, antibiotics, and steroids the same

way the meat would. I am really distressed about this. Has anyone

found a better solution, or dealt with the same issue? Thanks for any

advice.

Brenda

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Berrywell:

 

Ask your doctor about prescribing time release, compounded T3 and

T4. You'll need access to a compounding pharmacist, which you can

find by going to http://www.iacprx.org. Click on " For Patients, Pet

Owners " and then on " Find a Compounding Pharmacist Near You. "

 

If your doctor won't use a compounding pharmacist, call one of the

pharmacists you find on the above site and ask for names of local

health professionals who do a lot of T3/T4 thryoid med prescribing.

Then consider visiting one of them instead of or in addition to your

doctor. I recently " fired " my MD who used to sneer at naturopaths,

and found a new MD who cheerfully works with them.

 

And for another approach to thyroid medicine treatment, take a look

at this site http://www.wilsonstemperaturesyndrome.com/ and read the

free on-line e-book " Doctor's Manual. " It's a treatment for people

with thyroid symptoms, " normal " blood tests, and who consistently

have temperatures below 98.6. The goal of a successful Wilson's

treatment protocol is to get the patient's temperature reliably

staying at 98.6 and weaned completely off thyroid medicine. And here

I'd thought that I'd be dependent on increasing dosages of thyroid

for the rest of my life. Glad to know that it may not be so.