December 30, 2008

Today, I came across a short sum­mary on recent study fin­dings pre­sen­ted at the 79th Annual Mee­ting of the Ame­ri­can Thy­roid Asso­cia­tion in Novem­ber, 2008.

It sta­tes that in a study with thy­roid patients 65 and older, there was no impro­ve­ment in cog­ni­tive func­tion when a patient is opti­mally trea­ted on thy­ro­xine, aka Synth­roid, Levoxyl, Levothy­ro­xine, Eltro­xin, et al.

Gee golly.  What brea­king and cutting-edge news!

NOT.

Too bad it takes the results of a research study to reveal what has been bla­tantly obvious in patients of all ages for 50 years: thy­ro­xine ove­rall does not work and lea­ves patients with a variety of NON-improvements, as well as wor­se­ning symp­toms of lin­ge­ring hypothy­roi­dism as they age.  Duhhhh.


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One Response to “Thyroid Tidbit: You ain’t gonna get smarter on Synthroid!”

  1. aprillv68 said:

    Jan 01, 09 at 3:28 pm

    You may not get smar­ter on Synth­roid but you just may end up dead in the end!

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