Hypothyroidism Support Group

Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyrohormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism following radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism. Advanced hypothyroidism may cause severe complications, the most serious one of which is...

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published study on DTE

NinjaMother
NinjaMother
Hi All,

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23539727

Please, if someone could read the information in the link above and let me know your thoughts. To me it looks like their conclusion is in contradiction to the results and that they are making a conclusion that they want no matter what the results were.
StillListing
StillListing
First off, this study was so small (70). They based the study on participants with a particular TSH level, although we don't know what that was. We also don't know their Free values or if they were ever tested.

I agree... 48.6% had a preference for dessicated thyroid.
- they lost 4lbs and stated that their subjective symptoms were SIGNIFICANTLY improved

18.6% had a preference for T4 only

32.9% had no preference

It just doesn't sound like SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS are considered valid... (dismissed again)...