Sentences with phrase «as synthetic thyroid hormone»

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The solution for both of these hidden thyroid problems in mainstream medicine is a synthetic T4 hormone such as Synthroid or Levothyroxine.

Other common causes of set point malfunction are: aggressive and restrictive dieting, which can slow thyroid function and metabolism, illnesses (like chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia), medications (including common antidepressants such as Paxil, Celexa, Zoloft and Lexapro, anti-convulsants, blood pressure medications, anti-seizure or pain medications such as Neurontin or Lyrica), birth control pills, synthetic hormone replacement, and diabetic medications (such as glyburide and Amaryll).

The most commonly prescribed thyroid hormone replacement drug is known generically as levothyroxine, a synthetic form of the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).

Natural thyroid drugs contain natural forms of the thyroid hormones T4 and T3, as well as other co-factors, and some patients and practitioners find them more effective than the conventional hypothyroidism treatment, levothyroxine (a synthetic form of the T4 hormone.)

Synthetic thyroid hormones (such as synthroid, levoxyl, levothroid, & unithroid) are generally prescribed for hypothyroidism and large goiters, but there is a natural desiccated thyroid hormone (such as armour) made from pig thyroids available.

As someone with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, I have read that raw kale and other raw cruciferous veggies can have goitrogenic effects on the thyroid (the ability to cause a goiter and slow down the thyroid, much like anti-thyroid drugs do), and can even affect the absorption of synthetic thyroid hormone medicaiton.

Lack of ovulation, whether it occurs naturally as the result of aging ovaries, or unnaturally, from extremes of stress, exercise, diet, and / or use of synthetic hormones in HRT or birth control pills, will cause estrogen to drop from 40 to 60 percent (enough to stop the menstrual cycle), but progesterone levels plummet much lower, to nearly zero in some women causing a raft of symptoms from heavy / painful periods, mood swings, PMS and depression to water retention, weight gain, slowed thyroid function, and heightened risks for endometriosis, fibroids, fibrocystic breasts as well as breast and uterine cancer.

Dogs are started out on a synthetic thyroid hormone such as levothyroxine.

Be sure to go in for your pooch's scheduled rechecks as incorrect dosages of synthetic thyroid hormone can cause the opposite effect and create hyperthyroidism.