Re: Reverse T3 (Dr Lowe) Q & A/Chuck

[Guest guest]

Dr. Lowe always SEEMS to make sense until someone like you brings

light to his comments. I wish I knew enough to be able to do what you

do so well Chuck. When I am reading this stuff it is difficult to know

how to pick it apart, so to speak.

Thanks

Venizia

>

> Sheila,

>

> Again, this paper is mostly quite accurate and easy to follow, except

> for the crucial part:

>

>

> > ... if impaired conversion was the source of the problem in my

> > fibromyalgia patients, they would respond to a normal physiologic

dosage

> > of T3....

>

> This is just not correct. If there is RT3 in the system, it will block

> T3 receptors, effectively _creating_ the apparent resistance that Dr.

> Lowe blames for the fibro.

>

> > ....However, most euthyroid fibromyalgia patients require far more

> > than normal physiologic dosages to overcome their thyroid hormone

> > resistance....

>

> Exactly as expected, just the wrong explanation. The recommended

> treatment, give more T3 meds, is the same for either explanation. He

> says the T3 is overcoming a lack of active receptors, the RT3 model

says

> those receptors are blocked by RT3, so avoid T4 meds. I think the

latter

> makes more sense. His paper did not follow a protocol that could tell

> the difference.

>

> Chuck

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