A potential new treatment for type 2 diabetes, dapagliflozin, recently failed to gain approval from the FDA. What makes this rejection noteworthy is that the new medication works by a completely new mechanism causing the kidney to excrete sugar from the blood into the urine. Reasons for the rejection were the increased risk of bladde [...]
March 20, 2011 By Dr. G. Pepper
More Toxic Thyroid Supplements
During 2 decades of practicing endocrinology I had not encountered an instance of an over the counter product containing enough active thyroid hormone to make a difference in thyroid levels. In the last month I consulted on two new patients who appear to have developed toxic thyroid levels due to non-prescription products. The first involved [...]
May 29, 2010 By Dr. G. Pepper
Beware the Zombie Thyroid!!
Beware the Zombie Thyroid!! Periodically, I update metabolism.com with interesting problems from my medical practice. Last week I was reminded of a particular thyroid disease which is little known and deserves more attention. In my patient’s case, she had an inactive thyroid (hypothyroid) due to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis for several years which, on its own switched [...]
March 7, 2010 By Dr. G. Pepper
Dr. Oz, What Exactly Don’t You Know?
For a relatively small South Florida town, Jupiter has attracted a few national news stories. Recently there was the disturbed man who gunned down 4 members of his own family, and Tiger Woods is building his mother a house here. Bringing Dr. Oz to Jupiter is the recently confirmed pediatric brain tumor cluster just West [...]
February 16, 2010 By Dr. G. Pepper
Marion Touts New Adkins Diet for Weight Loss for Ex-Smokers
Marion brings us up to date on her progress after stopping smoking, gaining and then losing weight. Thank you Marion for sharing your experience with metabolism.com members! Marion writes: Just wanted to give you an update, quit smoking 8 months ago and have gained exactly 20 pounds, seems like the weight gain has finally slacked [...]
November 4, 2009 By Dr. G. Pepper
LA Falls Through a Crack in Our Health Care System and Finds Armour Shortage Crisis
LA lives in rural America and has no health insurance. After 30 years of effective therapy with Armour Thyroid she is unable to obtain this medication any longer. Her story is a sad reminder of just how far we need to go to provide meaningful health care to the citizens of this country. LA tells [...]
September 7, 2009 By Dr. G. Pepper
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 [...]
May 27, 2009 By Red Apple Yoga
Why we binge eat
Over eating and emotional eating is just another sign that you are in fact human.
May 19, 2009 By Red Apple Yoga
Nature’s Hydroxycut
Avoid the dangerous diet pill but still reap the benefits of the plant that gave hydroxycut its fame!
May 12, 2009 By Red Apple Yoga
Cardamom, small spice with huge benefits
Did you know that Cardamom, that secret spice in many Indian and Mediterranean dishes is nature’s Ricola and Pepto bismal all in one?
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