Thyroid Hormone Replacement

Thyroid hormone replacement is the most common treatment for low thyroid or hypothyroid today. If you have low thyroid symptoms and your TSH is high, it's very likely that your medical professional will prescribe some form of thyroid hormone replacement. Is this treatment the best that can be done to help people with thyroid symptoms? The video below discusses this topic.

Thyroid Medication

There are a number of different types of thyroid medication that are used by medical doctors today. A list of these medications is below to help you understand what the differences are:

Armour Thyroid – natural thyroid hormone usually made from dried pig thyroid.

Cytomel – synthetic T3.

Desiccated Thyroid – tablets of animal thyroid which include Armour, Westroid, Naturethroid, and Prothroid.

Levothroid – synthetic T4

Levothyroxine – generic name for synthetic T4

Synthroid – synthetic T4

Thyrolar – mixture of synthetic T3 and T4

If you have a thyroid problem there are a number of possible mechanisms that can be wrong. What's surprising to most people is that the thyroid itself is usually not the main problem. The thyroid just happens to be very susceptible to other imbalances in the body. So do you need thyroid medication?

If your TSH level is high and your doctor has prescribed thyroid medication, then it's likely that you need it. Even though your thyroid may not be the original cause of the problem, your thyroid may have been broken down to a point that you need supplemental thyroid medication to supply enough thyroid hormone.

It is however, critical to find the source of the problem and prevent further damage from happening to your thyroid gland. Ignoring the cause of thyroid dysfunction and relying on thyroid hormone replacement will likely lead to a lifetime of ill health, and further thyroid destruction. So how do you get to the source of the problem?

The Orlando Thyroid Project

If you are dealing with thyroid hormone replacement and you still don't feel right the Orlando Thyroid Project at Integrative Health of Orlando is the answer you've been looking for. Our clients in the Orlando Thyroid Project are able to get to the source of their thyroid problem. Our doctors in-depth understanding of thyroid function allows them to help each client understand what they need to do to start feeling the way they deserve to feel.

If you are frustrated with thyroid hormone replacement and you just don't feel the way that you know you should, call and schedule for one of our complimentary Orlando Thyroid Project classes today. You deserve the very best!