“And the patients who don’t feel better again despite the administration of branded T4 and T3 preparations are probably just “complainers” and should be told to eat less, exercise more, and be treated for their lingering hypothyroid symptoms with antidepressants, statins, laxatives, hysterectomies, moisturizers, heavy sweaters, wigs, and pain medications.”

Why is it that the “branded levothyroxine/Citomel” promoters do not address the fact that synthetic preparations do not include all the thyroid hormones naturally occurring in desiccated thyroid preparations? Is it because no randomized double blinded placebo controlled study has yet been done to determine the usefulness of T1, T2 and calcitonin on the human body therefore it’s assumed that these hormones normally secreted by our thyroids are not necessary and just an accident of nature? Please tell me this isn’t so.
Thank you for publishing this letter. I will avoid Drs like Dr Cobbs in the future.