Next we switched Josie
from synthetic thyroid medication to natural desiccated thyroid gland medication.
Not exact matches
Some people who have hypothyroidism feel better on naturally occurring
thyroid gland
medication which comes
from the
thyroid of a pig (like Armour
thyroid or Nature - throid), rather than
synthetic thyroid medication like synthroid.
In contrast, Dr. Alexander Haskell (author of «Hope for Hashimoto's») and Dr. Mark Starr (author of «Hypothyroidism Type II»), report that for some patients, natural
thyroid formulations
from animal
thyroids, such as Armour ®, may be perpetuating the autoimmune attack due to containing thyroglobulin and TPO, and they only recommend compounded and
synthetic thyroid medications for people with Hashimoto's (6,7).
A simple blood test can diagnose hypothyroidism in dogs, and most dogs suffering
from this disease can be treated with a
synthetic thyroid medication.
If your dog takes a
thyroid hormone or
synthetic hormone for hypothyroidism, for example, soybean products can prevent his system
from absorbing the
medication properly.