Thyroid

multivitamin supplement
Hi Cari, I take a number of supplements, including a multi-vitamin, fish oil, selenium, and slow-release iron. I'm thinking of adding potassium and a B-complex. These are all OK according to my doc, as long as a sufficient number of hours separates your thyroid med from them. It is usually recommended that y... 5 Sep 2008 23:59

YEAH Benign/Cytomel question
I got my test results, everything was benign, Thank the Lord. I had 2 tumors, one on each side, which I kept telling them I had something on the right, which was found on the July u/s but not the August one. I didn't feel the one on the left just the right, I was told it wasn't possible, guess what, I was right, i... 5 Sep 2008 17:50

Levothyroxine Degradation
I have just been reading a few pages about degradation of levothyroxine in tablets from this book: <http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=otX-iicV3CAC&printsec=frontcover> (Courtesy of Google - pages 28-30.) Apologies for not copying and pasting - but that isn't easy with how Google displays the pages. See... 3 Sep 2008 14:26

update/had surgery
I found I had nodules last September and have been on Synthroid since, my endo refused to due any ultrasounds waiting for the levels to hit a magic number for 3 months. In July I felt a new lump on my right side, my largest nodule was on the left, I had 2 on each side. I went to my primary thinking I was getting ... 2 Sep 2008 14:48

Weekend syndrome
Hi all, For the past few weekends, I've felt worse than during the week. I just realized that it might be because I tend to stay up later and then rise later in the mornings. So, I take my Synthroid later on those days. Could this cause me to feel extra sluggish and foggy? I tend to get more sleep then but I... 9 Sep 2008 09:45

ReGluten intolerance
Hi Gail, I have the itching under control by using Nivea Lotion with Ginko, shey butter and vitamin E in it. Over the years I had been given many prescription medications that did not work. Then one day I applied lotion to my arms and the blisters on my arm and lo and behold it worked. Takes the itch out for ... 1 Sep 2008 13:09

ReGluten intolerance
Aryln, Sorry to hear about your cancer. Good luck with your treatments. Thank you for your input about the gluten free diet. You are probably right about my system fighting the toxins in my body but I still do not know if at 77 I care to go through all of that. I have an extremely sensitive system, always ... 1 Sep 2008 09:03

Treatment without synthetics or Armour
Is anyone treating without the use of synthetics or Armour? I'd really rather use vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplementation and diet to control this. Would love to hear what has worked for others. ... 2 Sep 2008 11:43

More test result help please
Doctor says wait 3 months and we'll do it again; then more if necessary TSH test "reference range" 0.350-5.500 uIU/mL TSH test results 6.604 72 y.o. woman, being followed for "pre-diabetes" controlled by weight loss/diet/exercise. Otherwise lipitor; lithium, olanzpine for BPD; mega-vitamin ... 5 Sep 2008 14:44

Fast Food Iron Accumulation
Frequent inadequate supply of micronutrients in fast food induces oxidative stress and inflammation in testicular tissues of weanling rats. El-Seweidy MM, Hashem RM, Abo-El-matty DM, Mohamed RH J Pharm Pharmacol 2008 Sep; 60(9):1237-42. Fast food is high in energy density and low in essential micronutrient dens... 31 Aug 2008 11:36