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natural thyroid????
| Thu, 11-18-2004 - 6:32pm |
I spoke with someone recently who suggested taking natural thyroid, from GNC or a natural food store, since I am having a hard time getting treatment. Has anyone heard of this?

I just read, today in fact, in Mary J. Shomon's "Living Well With Hypothyroidism," that these drugs are not at all recommended, for treatment.
She states: "...over-the-counter or multilevel-marketing 'glandular' supplements, made with raw thyroid and other endocrine glands of cattle and pigs. These glandular products are not providing consistent amounts of thyroid hormone and could, in fact, pose a slight danger of 'Mad Cow Disease,' or other sorts of problems.
This book is amazing...I wish I could read more, but I get in about 20-30 minutes/day. Next on my list to read (and I've already purchased it) is "The Thyoid Solution," by Ridha Arem, M.D.
Thanks to the people on this board who recommended both of these books!
~Karen
>is "The Thyoid Solution," by Ridha Arem, M.D.<
Oops! *Thyroid (he he he)