March 16, 2009

Right on the heels of the insane recommendation by the UK’s Royal College of Physicians and the British Thyroid Association (that thyroxine be the ONLY treatment for hypothyroidism–see Feb. 14th below) came an EXCELLENT and THOROUGH rebuttal by Dr. John C. Lowe titled Stability, Effectiveness, and Safety of Desiccated Thyroid vs Levothyroxine: A Rebuttal to the British Thyroid Association. WAY TO GO, John!!

p.s. Also see Sheila’s experience on the Feb. 20th post. Awful

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3 Responses to “Thyroid Tidbit: Sock it to ‘em, Dr. Lowe!!”

  1. Sara said:

    Mar 18, 09 at 2:48 pm

    This is a great article on “zombie science”! That is, when terrible science sticks around because that’s where the money is. Very appropriate for thyroid.

    http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Charlton2008.pdf

  2. Dawn said:

    Mar 18, 09 at 4:50 pm

    Wow! Just goes to show how they use things that sway their side of the argument and what they want you to believe. All those studies eh?
    If they don’t take notice of this then we will KNOW they have an agenda!
    BTA what do you say?

    WTG Dr Lowe and thankyou on behalf of people needing DTH to have any kind of relief from the pains of hypothyroidism

  3. Brent c said:

    Mar 19, 09 at 12:29 pm

    Wow, big thanks to Doctor Lowe for calling this one out!

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