Re: Re: Changing from Cytomel to Armour

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Would it help dogs, too? I have a 13 year old with liver troubles.

Janis Whitcomb, Auburn, WA

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Re: Re: Changing from Cytomel to Armour

> http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/5/972

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> If this doesn;t set your mind at ease aout T3 and the heart.. nothing

> wilL! LOL BTW I also learned that T3 regenerates the LIVER! I found

> that when my cat had the liver idsease. I switxhed him from Armour to T3

> and he has done SO much better on it I have kept him on it.

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[Guest guest]

I didn't find anything about cytomel or T3.

Janis Whitcomb, Auburn, WA

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http://trotting-horse.com/

Re: Re: Changing from Cytomel to Armour

> http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/5/972

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> If this doesn;t set your mind at ease aout T3 and the heart.. nothing

> wilL! LOL BTW I also learned that T3 regenerates the LIVER! I found

> that when my cat had the liver idsease. I switxhed him from Armour to T3

> and he has done SO much better on it I have kept him on it.

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> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

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> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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I would have his thyroid tested (full panel including Free T3) as I do

not think it would be good to make him hyperthyroid. It is also quite

expensive to treat an animal with T3 as their systems are MUCH faster

than ours so they need more than we do. this 16 pound cat is on a

maintenance dose of 125mcg daily. While ill I took him up as far as

200mcg daily. It could also depend on what caused his liver problems.

Are you giving him milk thistle? That would be a must in my book as well

as L-carnitine.

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[Guest guest]

I've had my dog tested for thyroid problems several times, and I was

thinking hypothyroid because he slept so hard and put on weight easily. But

now he is old there are additional things. But everytime, just like with

human drs they said " he's normal " . Now I wonder *how* normal. And aren't

small dogs different than large dogs? How do they figure a " normal " anyway?

I mean there are large and small people, i.e. men, women and children.

Surely that must affect things. But small dogs usually live longer than old

dogs, yet small animals, like mice, have higher metabolisms. So I wonder how

small fits into the equation. My dog is a Cairn terrier, very active when

well, but not speeded up like some much smaller dogs. He is about 16 pounds.

He was 22 at one time.

Janis Whitcomb, Auburn, WA

janisw2@...

http://trotting-horse.com/

Re: Re: Changing from Cytomel to Armour

>I would have his thyroid tested (full panel including Free T3) as I do

> not think it would be good to make him hyperthyroid. It is also quite

> expensive to treat an animal with T3 as their systems are MUCH faster

> than ours so they need more than we do. this 16 pound cat is on a

> maintenance dose of 125mcg daily. While ill I took him up as far as

> 200mcg daily. It could also depend on what caused his liver problems.

> Are you giving him milk thistle? That would be a must in my book as well

> as L-carnitine.

>

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> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

>

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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I would request a thyroid lab be done and sent to Dr Dodds in

Michigam State University. She s the USA expert in dog thyroid (though

she teats wiht T4!) but she at least knows that differnt breeds require

differnt levels of thyroid. Cairns are actually prone to Cushings which

could easily look liek hypothyroidism so that si somethign else to check

into for him.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, Val. They have discussed Cushings with me because of his liver, but

he doesn't have any of the symptoms and they said finding the source of the

Cushings would be very hard, like it might be a tumor? I don't know. His

liver enzymes are not *that* elevated. But he is having almost diarrhea

several times a day and it's time he saw the vet and got some more testing

and this time I will see about more thyroid testing, now that I know more

about it <G>

Janis Whitcomb, Auburn, WA

janisw2@...

http://trotting-horse.com/

Re: Re: Changing from Cytomel to Armour

>I would request a thyroid lab be done and sent to Dr Dodds in

> Michigam State University. She s the USA expert in dog thyroid (though

> she teats wiht T4!) but she at least knows that differnt breeds require

> differnt levels of thyroid. Cairns are actually prone to Cushings which

> could easily look liek hypothyroidism so that si somethign else to check

> into for him.

>

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> Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV

>

> http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/

>

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

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