RE: Re: Whadaa you guys think?

January 3, 2008

Naffy, what protocol does he use? Has he helped anyone with s? I

would be interested in learning more.

Cheri

Re: Whadaa you guys think?

One of the girls who used to frequent the STTM site worked with

Blanchard, and just recently told me that 99.0% of his patients are

doing GREAT. She saw over 200 while there. He focuses on fixing the

thyoid and sex hormones and none of them are on HC. She says it

takes a couple of months of tweaking, but that the patients come

back into the office praising and hugging him. And that the husbands

come in to thank him, for getting their wives back. Pretty good

testimonial.

I'm just repeating what she told me....not trying to start a war of

protocols here. We each have to do what we beleive in.

Naffy

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January 3, 2008

Although I ordered Cytomel and am still waiting for it to arrive and was going

to self-treat, I called his office today to see if I could get an appt. and if

he was still accepting medicare (the only insurance he takes for some weird

reason) and they said to call Jan 7th to make an appt. because they are out til

then. I am considering going to him for treatment, if anything, to explain

what's going on and to see if he might come up with a personalized protocol

because I am so sensitive to taking thyroid hormone and I am wondering if he

might prescribe some of that " aqueous " thyroid in tiny tiny amounts from a

compounding pharmacy that I can build up very slowly over time. I will at least

go in and see what he can do for me.

Re: Whadaa you guys think?

One of the girls who used to frequent the STTM site worked with

Blanchard, and just recently told me that 99.0% of his patients are

doing GREAT. She saw over 200 while there. He focuses on fixing the

thyoid and sex hormones and none of them are on HC. She says it

takes a couple of months of tweaking, but that the patients come

back into the office praising and hugging him. And that the husbands

come in to thank him, for getting their wives back. Pretty good

testimonial.

I'm just repeating what she told me....not trying to start a war of

protocols here. We each have to do what we beleive in.

Naffy

>

> Just curious what Val and others think about Dr. Blanchard's info

here. He's a top thyroid doc here in Boston who treats only based

on signs and symptoms and does use Armour for some (but never fully

armour only) and generally prescribes his so called " 2% solution " of

Levothroid along with timed release T3 from a compounding pharmacy.

>

> Blanchard, M.D.: The important thing in prescribing a

> thyroid hormone is that you have to attain the right T3 in the

body.

> I don't think that anyone is well served by using T3 only. Dr.

> published a book in 1991 called 's Syndrome. This book is

> interesting in that it has many pages of glowing testimonial

letters.

> The problem is that T3 slowly lowers the balance in the body.

> T4 levels fall slowly in the tissues. The patient feels better

> for a few months but then they crash. I guarantee that no one can

> take only T3 for very long.

>

> Blanchard, M.D.: Armour thyroid by itself is not good for

> the long term because the ratio is not the same as natural body

> ratio. The initial benefit tends to go away over time.

> It sounds like you have a very low need for medication and

> the Armour has more T3 than you need. What is needed is to

> give thyroid extract in a time-release capsule, perhaps 1/3

> of the dose. Since that pill is so small that

> it can't be cut, but it can be compounded to get the right

> amount. A mixed response like that does not mean that you

> don't need to be on thyroid, but you need the right

> dose. It sounds that in the beginning you were in your " sweet

> spot " but then you went over your amount.

>

January 3, 2008

When you say " Time released " are you talking about a time released T3 only

formula like Dr. or is it at T4/T3 combo?

Thanks,

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

- well I agree with him about 's syndrome. Although I'm

not sure if he's right about Armour, my doctor does agree and uses

compounded synthetic time release with greater success than Armour

and has been trying to talk me into it for the last year and half.

She does use Armour in some cases, but usually not alone, finds that

in certain individuals with high antibody titers Armour is not well

utilized and the balance is not right over time. Her patients feel

good at first, and then struggle to optimize. Which is also what I've

experienced.

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January 4, 2008

No, the timed release compounded T3 is JUST T3. Then he gives you some

Levothroid along with it. He has you take the Levothroid in the morning and the

T3 at night for some reason.

Re: Whadaa you guys think?

It's a combo.

>

> When you say " Time released " are you talking about a time released

T3 only

> formula like Dr. or is it at T4/T3 combo?

>

> Thanks,

> Cheri

> -----Original Message-----

>

> - well I agree with him about 's syndrome. Although

I'm

> not sure if he's right about Armour, my doctor does agree and uses

> compounded synthetic time release with greater success than Armour

> and has been trying to talk me into it for the last year and half.

> She does use Armour in some cases, but usually not alone, finds

that

> in certain individuals with high antibody titers Armour is not

well

> utilized and the balance is not right over time. Her patients feel

> good at first, and then struggle to optimize. Which is also what

I've

> experienced.

>

> .