Register of Counterexamples to levothyroxine-only therapy

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Dear member, I am aware that there are a lot of you who have already registered your thyroid status on the Register of Counterexamples to levothyroxine-only (T4) therapy that TPA is creating. However, I am sending out this message again for those of you who have not yet done this (if you qualify) and to all those new members who are not aware of this very important project.

This short survey is applicable only to those who continued to suffer symptoms on levothyroxine -only therapy, and who found those symptoms were mitigated or disappeared once they were started on a T3 hormone containing product, whether synthetic or natural desiccated thyroid.

The existence of counterexamples to T4-only therapy prove incontrovertibly that endocrinology's stance is dangerously wrong. Their continuance of practising in line with the T4-only therapy dictat for all sufferers of the symptoms of hypothyroidism is pernicious.

It is long overdue for endocrinologists to recognise that the symptoms of hypothyroidism can result from

(a) insufficient secretion by the thyroid gland or

( insufficient levels of thyroid hormones in the body, associated with peripheral metabolism and peripheral cellular hormone reception.

The several 'flawed' studies (900 participants) concluded that T4/T3 combination worked no better than T4-only therapy, but already, our Register (to date) shows 914 counterexamples to T4 only.Our aim is to find at least 1000 counterexamples in order for us to challenge those flawed results.

The objective of this Register of Counterexamples to T4-only therapy is to draw to the attention of those responsible authorities throughout the world, the dire need for an urgent re-examination of the existing protocol for the diagnosis and management of the symptoms of hypothyroidism , and YOU can help us do this.

If you fit this category, please will you complete the 3 questions with either 'YES', 'NO' or N/A here http://www.tpa-uk.org.uk/register_of_counterexamples.php . All responses will be collated online, and your email address (if you provide one) will be used ONLY to contact you at a later date should this be becomes necessary.

If you are a member of any other thyroid support forum/group, please will you copy this message to them.

NOTE: (A counterexample is a situation which fits the concept or premise of an idea but produces a different result. To be responsible, a scientist who finds a counterexample to his idea, must limit or abandon his idea as unworkable, or not reliable.)

Sheila

Thyroid Patient Advocate