Tag Archives: Thyroid hormone

Thyroid disease – Hypothyroidism (low thyroid) – Part 5 of 5 – Rational treatment or cannibalism?

Image via Wikipedia At the end of the world as we know it, there is one other treatment option for hypothyroidism that I refrained from mentioning. I am not aware that this treatment is practiced anywhere in the world, though it is … Continue reading

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Thyroid disease – Hypothyroidism (low thyroid) – Part 1 of 5

The following is excerpted from my upcoming book, Armageddon Medicine. Thyroid disease – Hypothyroidism (Low thyroid) The question of treating low thyroid in a post-apocalyptic world is a common one.  If Synthroid becomes unavailable, is a hypothyroid person doomed? The … Continue reading

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Thyroid disease – Hypothyroidism (low thyroid) – Part 3 of 5 – Do you need medicine?

Do you recognize the chemical structure to the left?  If you are hypothyroid, that’s what you’re probably taking:  levothyroxine, the primary thyroid hormone in humans.  No doubt your doctor prescribed this medication, but the question is why?  Were you overtly … Continue reading

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