September 29, 2009 By

Theresa Points Out the Cardiac Dangers of Thyroid Hormone Deficiency

Theresa is concerned that failure to fully treat hypothyroidism can lead to complications including heart disease. Thank you Theresa for your informative post: Theresa posts the following: I find it odd that on all the thyroid forums I have seen, not one mentions the risk of cardiovascular fatality due to under medication of hypothyroidism. In [...]

September 28, 2009 By

Join our Weight Gain Forum and Share Your Comments with Our Experts

Ask your question today! Here is what other members have been saying: i am 22 years old 6 feet tall and way 120lbs i have a 27″ waist with a 31″ inseam and a 30″ chest i can count my ribs in the mirror from aprox my friends have been bugging me about my high [...]

September 28, 2009 By

Sarah Maria, Offers a Peek Inside Her New Book on Restoring Positive Body Image

Love Your Body, Love Your Life 5 Steps to End Negative Body Obsession and Start Living Happily and Confidently By Sarah Maria Published by Adams Media November 2009;$14.95US/$17.99CAN; 978-1-60550-153-6 Eating Disorders. Steroids. Plastic Surgery. We’ll do anything to look better — and yet we still feel bad about how we look. Self-loathing has reached epidemic [...]

September 26, 2009 By

Armour Draws Laughs During Year’s Biggest Meeting of Thyroid Doctors

I am reporting to you from this year’s meeting of the American Thyroid Association now taking place at the opulent Breaker’s Hotel in balmy Palm Beach, Florida. Cushy job if you can get it, I’d say. Not a lot of laughs during the typical lecture at this three day meeting of the world’s experts on [...]

September 23, 2009 By

Tony Kingkade Clarifies Armour Dosing Issues

Our pharmacist member, Tony Kinkade provides a precise explanation of the issues created by apparent differences in milligram (mg) dosages of dessicated thyroid. Tony writes: Armour Thyroid…is it really 60 mg? Actually, it’s 64.8 mg. The apothecary weight system was used in pharmacy back in the old days and has been replaced by the metric [...]

September 17, 2009 By

Tina Sends the NY Times a Heads Up Regarding the Armour Crisis

Tina has raised her pen (actually her keyboard) to bring greater visibility to the Armour Thyroid crisis. Tina addressed her comments to one of the editors at the NY Times who actually appears to have taken this seriously and passed the email on upward. Thank you Tina, from me and those who are struggling with [...]

September 12, 2009 By

Soon to Be Married, Smoking or Over-eating are Melissa’s Choices

Melissa looks back to realize that smoking or over-eating are habits dominating her life. Soon to be married she wonders if anyone can offer a helping hand in her effort to control her weight. Can a weight loss pill be the answer? Melissa writes: I’ve been obese for most of my life…however at the age [...]

September 10, 2009 By

Support My Letter to the New York Times

In an effort to expand public awareness of the crisis created by the shortage of Armour Thyroid, I drafted a letter to the New York Times detailing the situation. My thought was to make as many people as possible aware of the situation hoping to create pressure on the FDA and Forest Pharmaceuticals to resolve [...]

September 7, 2009 By

Mele is Out of Armour and Out of Options

Below, Mele describes her plight struggling to adjust to the disappearance of Armour from U.S. pharmacies. She discovered what was explained in my post, “Behind the Disappearance of Armour”. Forest Pharmaceuticals and Medicare are both responding in their own ways to the FDA decree that Armour Thyroid submit an application (NDA) as if it were [...]

September 2, 2009 By

Behind the Disappearance of Armour Thyroid

After 50 years of exemplary therapeutic use and despite a large devoted following, Armour Thyroid and related dessicated thyroid generics have virtually disappeared from pharmacies in the U.S. An air of mystery with suggestions of conspiracy surround the shortage. The level of distress among Armour users confronted by their inability to obtain the medication, is [...]

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