>>" 54, in generally excellent health, but 40 pounds overweight and
obviously this is my first health concern. I do take Synthroid daily
(at low levels – 50 and 75 mcg) and am interested in the recent
discussion about switching to natural. What my endocrinologist says
usually is that given that I alternate, one day on 50 mcg and one day
on 75, it might be trickier for me to switch to a generic brand of
Synthroid or another medication altogether. However, will bring it up
at my next appointment, now that I hear what's going on with people on
the list."<<
Your endo's response to you switching to a natural thyroid replacement
is a typical one. I was on Synthroid for 3 yrs. I NEVER felt all the
way normal on synthetics. He then decided to switch me to the generic
brand, Levoxyl. I kept asking him about natural replacements but he
wouldn't hear of it. He said they were too difficult to regulate and
didn't work good enough. Most doctors do try and persuade their
patients to NOT want to switch to a natural replacement. Not only is
about 89-98% of the research being done in med schools today funded by
big pharma, doctors also get a lot of kickbacks for prescribing certain
meds....Armour and other natural replacements are not included in those
kickbacks because they aren't owned by the big drug companies. They
can't patent natural...well, at least for now any way. Monsanto's hard
at work on that as I write, but that's a whole other rotten topic:-(
Any way, although I felt somewhat better on the synthetics, I did not
feel all the way normal until I found a doctor that would prescribe
Armour for me and there was NOTHING "tricky" about switching. Sorry
but, that's a bunch of hogwash;-) They just start you out at a low
dose, maybe about 30mgs, then check your symptoms and blood work and
raise your dose accordingly. Synthetic T4 only meds do NOT convert into
an adequate amount of T3, leaving you with symptoms that neither you OR
your uninformed doctor realize are related to inadequate treatment.
[Eliminating gluten was another key to healing my very sick thyroid.]
>>"The current rash I have is concentrated around my waist and
mid-torso. Has been itching for some months now (I forget how long),
and though I've tried hydro-cortisone cream applied topically, it
lessens the itch but doesn't seem to take it away or end the rash.
If anyone has ideas, I'd be grateful to hear them. I am not diabetic or
even pre-diabetic (I had the glucose tolerance test early this year -
the one that lasts for HOURS - and it showed very clearly that my blood
sugar was in the absolutely normal range.) So it shouldn't be that."<<
I am no expert but, from my experience and research most any form of
skin interruption, as in, acne, rashes, hives, psoriasis, and etc., is
just our body's way of detoxing. When your liver is over loaded, say,
from the loads of toxins we're subjected to these days or a poor diet,
it can't function properly, then, other organs can't function properly
as well and the body uses the skin as another form of detoxing.
Nancy
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