Thyroid Hormones & Treatment

Paul is an active advocate for thyroid patients through his regular blog posts, which offer a wealth of information that both relate to his books as well as current news and insights.

Posts on thyroid hormones and how they function within the body will be in this category. As will the relationship to other hormones like cortisol. This category will cover the proper testing and treatment of thyroid hormones using all the thyroid treatments.

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Is it Safe for TSH to Be Low or Suppressed on Thyroid Treatment – Research

I often get asked the question of whether it is safe to have zero (or suppressed TSH) when on T4/T3 ...

T3 is The Biologically Active Thyroid Hormone

T4 is a prohormone, or storage hormone. T3 is the only truly biologically active thyroid hormone. People can be totally ...

Is it Possible to Predict T3 Dosage When Changing Thyroid Medication to T3?

These type of questions arises frequently. Should T3 and T4 medication be used in a fixed ratio, or use FT4 ...

Testosterone and Men with Thyroid Problems

Testosterone levels are often a problem for men with thyroid problems. This is no real surprise as all systems of ...

Slow Release Versus Standard T3 for Thyroid Patient Treatment

From time to time a thyroid patient may ask me whether slow release T3 or standard T3 (pure T3) should ...

Effect of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) on Conversion of T4 to T3

This post is really relevant to many thyroid patients who are trying to feel healthier by adding T4 or T3 medication to ...

Thyroid Patients Need Enough T3 Thyroid Hormone to Resolve Their Hypothyroidism Symptoms

Going by standard laboratory test range guidelines is often NOT going to tell you whether you are correctly treated. This ...

Baseline Thyroid Hormone Testing for Young Adults?

I think all young people who have one or more parents who have thyroid disease ought to have baseline thyroid hormone ...

T3 (Liothyronine) Only Treatment – How to Use Symptoms & Signs, Instead of Thyroid Blood Tests

Thyroid patient's on T3-only treatment, or mainly T3 with some T4, should not rely entirely on thyroid blood tests to try ...

Why T3 (Liothyronine) Only (or Mostly) Should be The Last Hypothyroidism Treatment That Patients Consider

I developed Hashimoto's thyroiditis (an autoimmune thyroid disease) around thirty years ago. I suffered during the early years as is ...