T3: Not just for treating the thyroid
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From: Rod on 6 May 2008 03:22 Next time: a) doctor doesn't do a serum T3 test b) doctor runs away from presribing T3 c) doctor suggests that T3 is the way to kill yourself d) doctor says "diet and exercise" this (abstract below) might help bolster your case. I have previously read of T3 being used in acute cases of heart disease and several other non-thyroidal diseases. And I guess that Larsen's comment at the bottom is cautionary. (I assume he means only that it is not clear that low T3 causes CHF or CHF causes low T3 and nothing more, like they are completely unreleated.) But "they" still seem bent on NOT prescribing any form of T3 to thyroid patients. "T3: Not just for treating the thyroid American Thyroid Association Spring Symposium Triiodothyronine may be a novel treatment for chronic congestive heart failure, according to Irwin Klein, MD. T3 has a powerful effect on almost every process in the body, including heart rate, metabolism, cholesterol levels and energy. New data has suggested a potential for T3 to treat heart disease, said Klein, associate chairman, department of medicine, North Shore University, N.Y. Recently published data indicated that 20% to 25% of patients with chronic congestive HF have low serum T3 levels. Additional data have suggested that T3 given in replacement doses to patients with congestive HF can improve cardiac function, including contractility and performance. Current clinical data support the safety and lack of untoward effects of treatment. T3, a positive inotropic and lusitropic agent, has helped to lower systemic vascular resistance and to promote reverse remodeling of the post-myocardial infarction pathologically hypertrophied heart and has potential beneficial effects on skeletal muscle function. [PERSPECTIVE] Although a low serum T3 concentration in patients with congestive HF increases the risk for an adverse outcome, it is not clear that the two are causally related. A correction of the low serum T3 commonly associated with illness has not improved outcome in such patients. – P. Reed Larsen, MD Professor, Thyroid Section, Brigham and Women's Hospital For more information: Klein IL. Thyroid hormone and the treatment of congestive heart failure. Presented at: the American Thyroid Association Spring Symposium; March 28, 2008; Washington." <http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=28059> -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: Alan B. Mac Farlane on 6 May 2008 09:51 in article 68af8vF2s9lgqU1(a)mid.individual.net, Rod at polygonum(a)ntlworld.com wrote on 5/6/08 12:22 AM: > But "they" still seem bent on NOT > prescribing any form of T3 to thyroid patients. As far as I know ... (which may not be much) ... is that in the USA they Rx out " Cytomel " at the T3 ... and " Synthryoid " as the T4. Cytomel as a half life of hours .. whereas Synthyroid has a half life of 2 weeks. In radioactive iodine (I-131 and I-121 and TC-99) scans ... in people who have no thyroid gland ... people prep by getting off the Synthyroid right now for Cytomel and two weeks later or so ... they give up the Cytomel for the elevator ride down to the death states. Alan
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