Dr. L. Mallette’s Advice on Handling the Armour Shortage

by Dr. G. Pepper | Aug 28, 2009 | general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, thyroid, weight gain

Lawrence Mallette, M.D., PhD, reports to us on how the Armour shortage has effected his practice, and shares with metabolism.com his advice on how to handle replacement therapy. We appreciate Dr. Mallette’s comments. Dr. Mallette Writes: The shortage of Armour...

Armour Thyroid Shortage a Nation Wide Problem

by Dr. G. Pepper | Aug 25, 2009 | general health & nutrition, metabolism, thyroid, weight gain

Samantha, Nurse Practitioner in New York reports on the effect the national shortage of dessicated thyroid products is having on health care in her area. My own experience is that the situation is getting worse here in Florida, as well. Nature Thyroid and Westhroid...

Leslie Gives Advice to Beth Regarding Armour Dosing

by Dr. G. Pepper | Aug 22, 2009 | diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, thyroid

Beth wondered about her lack of response to thyroid hormone treatment. Leslie offers these comments: Beth – perhaps you are under-medicated. The numbers don’t really mean much – you must convince your doctor to pay attention to how you feel, rather than your...

Researcher Comments on the Lack of Studies Comparing Synthetic Thyroid and Armour.

by Dr. G. Pepper | Aug 8, 2009 | general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, thyroid

I noticed this very interesting post from Sarah who is a non-medical researcher. She has discovered what other contributors to metabolism.com have, that a serious lack of research exists comparing Armour thyroid to synthetic thryoid hormone in treatment of...

Leslie Looks for a Solution for Weight Gain with Underactive Thyroid

by Dr. G. Pepper | Jul 28, 2009 | diet, diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, metabolism, nutrition, thyroid, weight gain, weight loss

Leslie writes to metabolism.com about the effect hypothyroidism has had on her life, her energy and her weight. Her experience raises the notion that her metabolic problems may not be totally resolved despite what appears to be an adequately low TSH level while on...

Shortage of Armour Thyroid Strikes Home

by Dr. G. Pepper | Jul 22, 2009 | general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, thyroid, Uncategorized

In my medical practice I have many individuals taking Armour thyroid for treatment of hypothyroidism and doing well on it. In the past few weeks I have had numerous requests from pharmacies and prescription supply services requesting I rewrite my prescriptions of...