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Iodine For Hypothyroidism

November 29th, 2008

Iodine is important for the production of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). It is in most foods that we eat such as diary products, fish and including iodized table salt. When there is an insuffienct amount of this important mineral in our blood stream it can cause hypothyroidism. Iodine deficiency is the number one cause of primary hypothyroidism…

Philadelphia Inquirer, The - Canadian drug sales slow

November 24th, 2008

Ann Griffith doesn't fit the stereotype of a criminal. At 81, the Plymouth Meeting resident has been buying the thyroid medication Synthroid for three years from a Canadian Internet pharmacy. She shaved 40 percent off the U.S. price. But from July to September, the Food and Drug Administration detained three of her packages at the Seattle-Tacoma airport….

Synthroid Depression Treatment Information

November 21st, 2008

Did you know you can receive online therapy from the comfort of your own home? To learn more about online counseling, be sure to visit the etherapy center today.Synthroid Depression TreatmentIf you are tired or depressed much of the time, your doctor should order blood tests for the two thyroid hormones called T3 and …

Cretinism Information and Treatment

November 20th, 2008

Cretinism results from inadequate secretion of thyroid hormones during fetal life or early infancy. The brain and skeleton fail to develop properly, resulting in mental retardation and dwarfism. If the baby was born with the c…

Diets For Thyroid Disease: I came, I saw, I conquered

November 19th, 2008

A Japanese wonder who came and gave all he had for the medical breakthroughs to health. This man came, he saw, and he conquered.Haraku Hashimoto was born in 1881 and grew to be one of the top surgeons in his country Japan. Hashimoto died in 1934. Before h…

AsiaPulse News - SANDOZ INC. LAUNCHES AB-RATED LEVOTHYROXINE.

November 17th, 2008

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Generic Treatment for Hypothyroidism Provides Lower Cost Alternative for Patients

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Review of Optometry - Are monocular trials valid? New research underscores why you should assess each eye individually.(Glaucoma Grand Rounds)

November 15th, 2008

A 55-year-old white female presented in August 2004 with a bump on the nasal aspect of her right lower lid. The nodule was not tender, she said, but it had been enlarging somewhat since it appeared three months prior. She said the cyst was occasionally itchy, especially while she worked on the computer. She reported n…

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Be careful when mixing grapefruit with medicine

November 8th, 2008

Question: I noticed your comment on grapefruit juice raising blood levels of some medications. This is true, but as a medical doctor I purposely use it to increase absorption of an expensive drug.
Answer: Grapefruit does not actually impro…

Review of Optometry - Systemic diseases blurring diagnosis? Is glaucoma appearance due to tamoxifen, or to thyroid disease? Or maybe neither?(Glaucoma Grand Rounds)

November 3rd, 2008

A 63-year-old white female presented in the fall of 1998 for a routine primary eye care visit. She was taking Vaseretic (enalapril/hydrochlorothiazide, Merck), Synthroid (levothyroxine sodium, Abbott), and 20mg Nolvadex (tamoxifen, AstraZeneca) qd. She had a 10-year history of hypertension, and had abnormal thyroid studies for more than 20 years.
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OB/GYN News - Bioequivalence of generic Synthroid questioned

October 28th, 2008

A recently approved generic formulation of levothyroxine “is significantly more potent” than Synthroid, and could lead to serious side effects if a patient were switched from one to the other, two clinical endocrinology organizations have warned.
Bioequivalence data used as the basis of the recent approval of a generic version of levothyroxine in…