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About Thyroid Guide
Thyroid Hormone Replacement -- Common Questions
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When it comes to thyroid hormone replacement, such as Synthroid, or Armour, or other thyroid drugs, you may have many of the common questions people ask about food, drug and supplement interactions.
In this audio presentation, Mary Shomon reviews some of the questions most frequently asked, including information you need to know about certain food and drug interactions.
Questions covered include:
- Should You Take Your Thyroid Hormone With Food vs. An Empty Stomach?
- What is the Impact of a High Fiber Diet?
- What About Iodine and Kelp Supplements?
- How About "Goitrogenic" Foods Like Kale or Brussels Sprouts?
- Is There a Problem with Antacids?
- What About Calcium and Calcium-Fortified Orange Juice?
- What About Over the Counter Drugs Like Cough Medicines, Cold Medicines, Decongestants?
- How Should You Take Vitamins with Iron?
- What About Thyroid Hormone and Estrogen? (i.e., Hormone Replacement Therapy, Birth Control Pills)
- What Do You Need to Know About Some Other Prescription Drugs? [Insulin, Tricyclic Antidepressants, Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs and Blood Thinners]
| Mary Shomon is a thyroid patient advocate, author, and thyroid patient herself. Since 1997, she's been Thyroid Guide at the About Thyroid site, researching and writing extensively about thyroid disease -- including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's Disease, Graves' Disease, nodules, goiter, and thyroid cancer. She is also author of a best-selling book on thyroid disease, Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You. . . That You Need to Know, which was published in 2000 by HarperCollins, and is currently in its ninth printing. |  |
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