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My results after 1 year of Evenity
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 10 8:44am | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
I was taken off Synthroid, even though I have used it for over 30 years. There is a new scientific study out that indicates when we get older 65+ we no longer need to be taking it. I have never heard of getting Synthroid As a prescription for depression or the generic! Back to the research, Synthroid can cause major bone loss Which the doctors never told me about!! Be aware to do your own studies when prescribed a new medication as they do not tell you much of anything! So disgusted with the whole field , The dismissive attitudes, the recording of any exams without being asked, which is actually illegal in Illinois! Billing of services, such as a depression screening, which I had verbally stated three times during my meeting with the doctor I opted out of it, and they billed me anyway for the third time in A row. The list goes on and on.
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@missey Hi, please provide a link to the study you mention showing no need for Synthroid after 65.
Up until three years ago I had never taken a thyroid medication and the numbers like the TSH did not indicate a great need for it.
I started taking Armor Thyroid when I was 72 and it was a game changer. More energy and vitality and it coincided at least with a lessoning of 40 years of food and chemical sensitivities.
The status quo in medicine is to treat the thyroid by the numbers. But before that low thyroid was treated by the symptoms. I'm combining the two.
My favorite information source on Thyroid is Alan Gaby MD. Here's a couple of older pieces by him. There are more recent updates and comments in the Townsend Letter where he had a column, which largely express the same opinion. That you've got to be informed by the symptom picture and that for many patients (but not all) thyroid meds with T3 and T4 give better symptom results than Synthroid.
https://altmedrev.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/v9-2-157.pdf
https://townsendletter.com/editorial-06-22-gaby-practice-guidelines-for-the-treatment-of-hypothyroidism/
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I take Synthroid for low thyroid. Would love to not take it and will ask the endocrinologist about this. I don’t believe low thyroid gets better.
I did ask about the synthroid/levothyroxine causing bone loss many, many years ago and I was told at that time that has to do with taking too much. When the prescription is correct bone loss is not a problem. Since that was many years ago, when I see the endocrinologist in May, I will ask this question.
I do my own studies, but generally the final word for me with with a doctor that I trust.