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Do You Have Low Thyroid Function?

…trial of natural thyroid hormone. Most conventional doctors use the synthetic thyroid hormone Synthroid. I never prescribe Synthroid to my patients with low thyroid function for one simple reason: Synthroid contains only T4, and T4 is not the only hormone produced by the thyroid gland. Rather, I recommend…

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Commonly Overlooked Causes of Fatigue

…chances are your doctor will prescribe Synthroid, the most popular thyroid replacement drug, which is a synthetic version of T4. As we get older, we become less efficient at converting T4 into T3—which may explain the age-related rise in hypothyroidism and why Synthroid fails to work in some older patients…

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