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Metabolic Effects of Liothyronine Therapy in Hypothyroidism: A Randomized, Double-Blind... - 0 views

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    T3 shown increase weight loss, lower LDL, decrease apolipoprotein B, decrease T cholesterol versus T4.  This flies in the face of conventional medical dogma, that T 4 (synthroid, levothyroxine) is the only route of thyroid replacement.  In fact, this suppports the use of armour thyroid, a T4/T3 combination.
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Informa Healthcare - Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine - 11(3):159 - Su... - 0 views

  • Conclusions: Combined T3 + T4 treatment seems to be more effective than treatment with T4 alone in hypothyroid patients
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    patients on synthroid only improved when switch to combined T4/T3 (armour thyroid)
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Desiccated Thyroid Extract Compared With Levothyroxine in the Treatment of Hypothyroidi... - 0 views

  • Our study has shown DTE therapy caused modest weight loss, and nearly half (48.6%) of the study patients expressed preference for DTE over l-T4
  • our study showed significantly higher TSH in the DTE-treated group, which suggests that the improvement observed in the DTE-treated group is not mediated through the changes in TSH levels
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    Study finds desiccated thyroid (armour thyroid) was associated with great weight loss, mood improvement than T4 alone.  Desiccated thyroid was preferred by patients in the study.  Conversion rate was 100 mcg T4 to 88 mg desiccated thyroid.
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Effects of Thyroxine as Compared with Thyroxine plus Triiodothyronine in Patients with ... - 0 views

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    Armour Thyroid (T4 and T3 combined) provides better symptom control when compared to synthroid alone (T4)
Nathan Goodyear

Combination Treatment with T4 and T3: Toward Personalized Replacement Therapy in Hypoth... - 0 views

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    Wow!  JCEM states, "...it may be time to consider a personalized regime of thyroid hormone replacement therapy in hypothyroid patents."  Otherwise stated, combination T4, T3 provides a more customized thyroid replacement therapy than synthroid alone.
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Effects of thyroxine as compared with thyroxine pl... [N Engl J Med. 1999] - PubMed result - 0 views

  • n patients with hypothyroidism, partial substitution of triiodothyronine for thyroxine may improve mood and neuropsychological function;
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    Effects of thyroxine as compared with thyroxine plus triiodothyronine in patients with hypothyroidism.
Nathan Goodyear

Hypothyroidism (Feb/March 2007) Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients - 0 views

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    Great discussion of Thyroid therapy
Nathan Goodyear

Thyroid Hormone Replacement - One Hormone or Two? - NEJM - 0 views

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    Patients feel better taking both T4 and T3 compared to those taking just T4
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