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??
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?