| Many people have thyroid problems. dessicated thyroid | | | | Opponents of dessicated thyroid don't believe it is |
| is made from dried animal, usual pig, glans and is | | | | stable enough to be used on patients. They believe |
| common treatment for hypothyroidism. This is also | | | | there is no way to stabilize the exact dose in each |
| known as Armour thyroid and Natural thyroid. | | | | batch of the drug. Since the real medication is made |
| Synthetic thyroid medications were introduced during | | | | from pig thyroid gland their is no way to know if the |
| the 1950's. Many doctors have switched over to | | | | hormones are the same amount from gland to gland. |
| treating their patients with synthetic thyroid medications. | | | | Since dosing is done based on the ausumtion that |
| However, some doctors still use the natural thyroid | | | | each gland has the same level of hormones. |
| medication. There has been much debate over the | | | | Opponents believe that dosage of natural medications |
| years as to weather natural thyroid or synthetic thyroid | | | | is never correct. Opponents of the raw type think that |
| medications are better. While there is still a lot of | | | | patients hormone levels fluctuate to much when they |
| debate over this, there are some things patients should | | | | take the raw type of medication. |
| know about both types of drugs. | | | | Regardless of how different people feel about |
| Supporters of dessicated thyroid say this natural | | | | synthetic or dessicated, the purpose of these drugs is |
| thyroid medication is better, because it is natural. Many | | | | to keep a patients hormones levels as stable as |
| of these supporters believe that pharmaceutical | | | | possible. Each individual person reacts to different |
| companies push doctor's into using synthetic thyroid | | | | drugs differently. Despite all the controversy many |
| instead of using the real thyroid. These opponents of | | | | people do extremely well on natural medications. |
| synthetic thyroids drugs believe that many doctors | | | | There are also many people who don't react well to |
| haven't even given natural medications a chance, | | | | the natural type and only react well to the synthetic |
| because they have only every been trained to use | | | | thyroid. Ultimately everyone with hypothyroidism will |
| synthetic thyroid drugs. Synthetic thyroid drugs have | | | | need to see which kind of drug works best for them. |
| different fillers and binders, so patients sometimes | | | | People with hypothyroidism should talk to their doctors |
| have allergic reactions to these fillers. Many times | | | | about all the options they have in treating |
| natural thyroid can relieve many symptoms of | | | | hypothyroidism. |
| hypothyroidism within days. | | | | |