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…
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….
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 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…
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…
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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…
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…
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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