In the magazine India Today, it’s estimated that there are at least forty million individuals with thyroid disease, according to Dr. Ganapathi Bantwal, faculty member of the Indian Thyroid Society (ITS) and Professor and Head of Department of Endocrinology, St John’s Medical College, Bangalore.
He adds that most are women, and most hypothyroidism is occurring after the birth of a baby, called postpartum hypothyroidism.
The Indian Thyroid Society wants to observe January 2009 as Think Thyroid Month with experts calling thyroid related disorders as the next diabetes to affect the nearly forty million Indians.
A side note from Janie: Sadly, when you visit the website of the Indian Thyroid Society (which by the way was created by the Department of Endocrinology at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in India), there is a flashing ad on most pages for thyroxine called Thyronorm. And guess who makes “Thyronorm”? Abbott Labs in India, the same pharmaceutical in the US which produces Synthroid. Anyone hear the theme song from Twilight Zone playing in the background??
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P. Krishnan said:
Feb 02, 09 at 11:09 pmI have gone to 4 different thyroid doctors in Bangalore, India, and none of them is willing to prescribe anything but Eltroxin/Thyronorm. Is an equivalent of Armour Thyroid available in India? Does anyone know any doctor in Bangalore who would be willing to prescribe anything other than the T4 drugs?
Tom Shankar Iyer said:
Apr 17, 09 at 2:58 amHello Krishnan & other Thyroid patients,
First of all — Yes, there is a permanent cure for all types of Thyroid problems & that too without any side-effects. This treatment today is available only at clinic called Ayur XaQti Wellness Clinic located at JP Nagar, Bangalore. For more details please contact me at t underscore iyer at yahoo dot com. We provide complete cure withour any side effects for all types of thyroid problems. It is an ayurvedic cure and the treatment shall last for anywhere between 18 to 36 months depending on hoe much of these thyroxin/thronorm, etc., you have already takn in the past several years. We need to help in first tapering your intakes of these drugs, while simultaneously curing you of your thyroid problem by giving you some special preparation made of Ras Kriya which is based on Kupi Pakwa techniques as mentioned in ancient ayurvedic texts & rig veda. We shall also ask you to have some panchakarma & other toxin removing procedures to do.
Any questions / need clarifications / to setup an appointment, please feel free to contact me anytime. Let’s hope we are able to treat one more patient (i.e, you) & free you of all the problems related to thyroid, not to talk about the side effects like Kidny / heart / arthritis, etc., problems which crop up due to thyroid.
Regards,
Tom Shankar Iyer
Satya said:
Apr 22, 10 at 1:45 amWhy is so much price difference between Eltroxin and Thyronorm (Rs 50 vs Rs 117)? Is there a difference in composition?