I take armour and it works great. T3 is a serious necessity for many people with thyroid disease, it is now being theorized that Hashimoto's comes with a reduced ability to convert T4 to T3, which means those with Hashimoto's would do better on a combination T4+T3 regimen.
DoorInward- it is not the T3 in armour that is being blamed for the worsening of antibodies in some cases, it is the theory that our body will react to natural supplemental hormone the same way it does our own. This may be the case in some patients, but it hasn't been my experience.
Thyroid disease affects every system of the body when untreated. The thyroid gland makes the hormone calcitonin, which is involved in calcium metabolism and stimulating bone cells to add calcium to bone. I don't think when you are taking synthetic medication that there is calcitonin involved. I am iffy on whether calcitonin is in natural medication (like armour)... but if your thyroid gland is not working, or has been removed, you obviously are at higher risk for osteoperosis simply because of the lack of proper calcitonin levels.
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