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Read About Our New Book Titled Your Guide toMetabolic Health

Thyroid Hormone Molecules

Welcome to Our WebsiteOur website is about "metabolic health." We define metabolic health in this way: A state in which the chemical processes in our cells are sufficient to provide us with at least two things: (1) resistance to sickness and disease, and (2) the vigor, stamina, and well-being needed to fully engage in all aspects of life. At drlowe.com, we focus on what impairs metabolic health, how to recover it, and how to optimize it. We include a large amount of information on two common and potent causes of poor metabolic health— hypothyroidism and thyroid hormone resistance. We also include information on other causes of poor metabolic health. Among the causes are poor diet, nutritional deficiencies, low physical fitness, hormone imbalances, and various medications and environmental pollutants. Poor metabolic health affects different people in different ways, resulting in a variety of symptoms. Doctors usually give people with different symptoms different diagnoses. For example, the most prominent symptoms of some people are chronic widespread aches and pains. These people's doctors are likely to give them the diagnosis of "fibromyalgia." The main symptoms of other people are lethargy and fatigue. Their doctors may diagnose their condition as "chronic fatigue syndrome." Still other people may have depression, and others poor concentration and memory. The entire list of potential symptoms is too long to include here. But we discuss them on many pages of drlowe.com. Few conventional doctors search out and correct the underlying metabolism-impeding factors we mentioned above. Instead, they prescribe one or more medicines, hoping to relieve the patients' troubling symptoms. The diagnoses the doctors give the patients are convenient labels needed to justify their prescribing the medicines.

Our view is that different sets of symptoms, diagnosed as different disorders, have a common underlying mechanism—abnormally slow metabolism (called "hypometabolism") caused by one or more of the metabolism-impairing factors we mentioned above. To clarify this concept is one of our goals on drlowe.com.

Another of our goals is to provide information about the treatment we've developed and refined for hypometabolism patients, whatever their symptoms and diagnoses. We call the treatment "metabolic rehabilitation." Metabolic rehab is a comprehensive treatment program designed to eliminate, control, or correct factors that are impairing the metabolism of the patient. The aim of rehab is for the patient to acquire normal metabolism and freedom from symptoms of slow metabolism. The rehab program is tailored to meet each patient's individual needs.

At drlowe.com, we also deal with a range of subjects related to fibromyalgia (often called fibromyalgia syndrome or FMS). These subjects include myofascial pain syndrome and trigger point therapy, chronic fatigue syndrome or CFS, fatigue and fibromyalgia, chronic pain, chronic pain management, T3, T4, TSH, the TRH stimulation test, Armour Thyroid (desiccated thyroid), Cytomel, Synthroid, so-called "'s Syndrome," the wise use of caffeine and coffee, silicone breast implants, c Dr. St. Amand and guaifenesin treatment for fibromyalgia, thyroid disease, metabolism of thyroid hormone, Chiari malformation and fibromyalgia, and surgery for fibromyalgia.

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Latest Updates to drlowe.com

8/28/02

• Dr. Lowe & Vicky Massey, LMP Will Speak in the Seattle, Washington Area Sept. 28 & 29

8/27/02

• Our New Page of Personal Testimonials

8/15/02

• Drug Rep Says Dr. Lowe's Synthroid Article is "Biased" & "Intended to Inflame & Incite"

8/12/02

• Lab Test Results: No Basis For Deciding Correct Thyroid Hormone Dosage (Dr. C. Lowe)

8/12/02

• Narcotic Use & Thyroid Hormone Therapy: Do They Never Mix? (Dr. C. Lowe)

8/6/02

• Dr. Lowe Negotiates to Study Blood Coagulation in Fibromyalgia Patients

8/5/02

• Dr. St. Amand Advocate Apologizes to Dr. Lowe to Avoid Libel Law Suit

8/4/02

• As a Fibromyalgia Patient, Should I Stop Caffeine? (Jackie Yellin)

7/25/02

• Our New "In Memoriam" Page

7/23/02

• Can Having Your Thyroid Gland Surgically Removed Cause Fibromyalgia? (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/20/02

• Possible Advantage of Vegetarian Diet in Metabolic Treatment (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/19/02

• Recent Changes in Health Care--Greater Convenience for Patients Who Need Our Assistance

7/17/02

• A Patient's Adverse Reactions to Guaifenesin (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/15/02

• Does Anemia Cause Fibromyalgia? (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/13/02

• Increased Ability to Exercise During Metabolic Rehab (Vicky Massey)

7/12/02

• Do I Have to Take Thyroid Hormone Forever? (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/11/02

• I'm taking Synthroid and Have a "Normal" TSH Level, But I'm Still Ill (Vicky Massey)

7/11/02

• "Let's Live" Magazine Publishes Article on Our Research & Treatment (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/11/02

• Origins of Myofascial Release Techniques (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/8/02

• Vicky Massey, LMP Appointed to Advisory Board of the Fibromyalgia Research Foundation

6/29/02

• In Memory of Our Friend & Colleague Dr. L. Gedye (Dr. C. Lowe)

6/26/02

• Is Short-Term Memory Loss Permanent With Long Standing Hypothyroidism? (Dr. C. Lowe)

6/14/02

• Metabolic Rehab: The Types of Patients It Is Good For (Dr. C. Lowe)

6/12/02

• "Dr. Lowe . . . You Have Some Type of Insanity!" (Dr. C. Lowe)

6/11/02

• Why Patients Should Take T3 on an Empty Stomach (Dr. C. Lowe)

5/22/02

• T4-Replacement: Official Condemnation Presented at UK FMS Conference & House of Commons

5/21/02

• Advance Magazine to Publish Article on Metabolic Rehab by Drs. Lowe & Honeyman-Lowe

5/8/02

• Doctors Lose Thinking Skills by Relying Solely on Lab Test Results (Dr. Honeyman-Lowe)

4/24/02

• Our Position on Narcotic Use by Fibromyalgia Patients (Dr. C. Lowe)

4/16/02

• Dr. Honeyman-Lowe & Dr. Lowe Hold Open House in Boulder, Colorado, Friday, May 3rd

4/13/02

• Have You Reduced Your Dose of T3 Over Time? (Vicky Massey)

4/13/02

• How Many Doctors are Using Your "T3 Protocol" (Dr. C. Lowe)

4/12/02

• I'm Better on Armour, But What Can I Do to Improve More? (Vicky Massey)

3/18/02

• Timed-Release T3 & Failure of Body Temperature to Rise (Jackie Yellin)

3/6/02

• Dr. Lowe Refutes a Study Conclusion of Several Medical & Chiropractic Researchers

3/4/02

• Does Using T3 Improve the Antidepressant Treatment of Fibromyalgia? (Jackie Yellin)

2/16/02

• Emotional Upsets: Do Fibromyalgia Patients' Muscles "Trap" Them? (Dr. C. Lowe)

2/6/02

• Reply to Chiropractic Nutritionist's View That "We are far from a cure." (Dr. C. Lowe)

1/30/02

• Are Divided T3 Doses More Beneficial than a Single Daily Dose? (Dr. C. Lowe)

1/30/02

• When Should Patients Take Thyroid Hormone in Relation to Meals? (Dr. C. Lowe)

1/25/02

• My TSH is Low, But I’m Still Suffering From Hypothyroid Symptoms. Why? (Dr. C. Lowe)

1/24/02

• Dr. C. Lowe's Criticisms of a Proposal to Reclassify Fibromyalgia

1/24/02

• Thoughts About a New Drug to Control Fibromyalgia Pain (Dr. C. Lowe)

1/12/02

• Should Hypothyroid Patients Have Flu Shots? (Dr. C. Lowe)

1/2/02

• Patient Kept Ill by Her Endocrinologist Following Thyroid Surgery (Dr. C. Lowe)

12/28/01

• Possible Meaning of Low TSH and Low T4 Levels (Dr. C. Lowe)

12/13/01

• Dr. Lowe, "You Look Like a Fool and Worse," Writes an Admirer of Dr. St. Amand

11/27/01

• Drs. Lowe & Honeyman-Lowe Move to Boulder: Begin Seeing Patients There Dec.10th

11/24/01

• Urine T3 & T4 Levels: Should Docs Use Them to Adjust Thyroid Hormone Dosage?

11/23/01

• Perpetuation of Illness by Extremist Medical Technocrats (Dr. Lowe)

11/21/01

• Worsening of Fibromyalgia Symptoms After Massage (Vicky Massey)

11/18/01

• Do Silicone Breast Implants Cause Autoimmune Thyroid Disease? (Dr. Lowe)

10/26/01

• A More User-Friendly Q & A Guide

10/26/01

• Shomon's Intro Page to Dr. Lowe's Synthroid Article

10/25/01

• A Clarification for Our Critics & Supporters (Drs. Lowe & Honeyman-Lowe)

10/23/01

• Article on Synthroid by Dr. Lowe at ChiroWeb.com

9/12//01

• Jackie Yellin's New Hampshire Presentation Rescheduled for 9/20/01

9/6//01

• Adverse Effects from Ingesting Thyroxine? (Dr. C. Lowe)

8/13//01

• Is Repeated Ultrasound Therapy Safe? (Dr. C. Lowe)

8/9//01

• Safety of Continuous Ultrasound (Dr. C. Lowe)

8/8//01

• Getting Your Doctor to ate (Vicky Massey)

8/7//01

• Can T3 Cause Harm Compensating for Another Health Problem? (Dr. Lowe)

8/5//01

• Review of Dr. Lowe's book in the journal Alternative Medicine Review

7/10/01

• Getting Well Requires More Than Just Taking Armour Thyroid (Jackie Yellin)

7/8/01

• Jackie Yellin to Speak in New Hampshire in September

7/6/01

• Finding a ative Doctor & Your Metabolic Rehab (Vicky Massey)

7/6/01

• Why We Recommend Omega-3 Fatty Acids (Dr. C. Lowe)

7/6/01

• Nutritional Supplements We Recommend

6/28/01

• Are All Fibromyalgia Patients Resistant to Thyroid Hormone? (Jackie Yellin)

6/28/01

• Thyroid Hormone Dosage & the Heart (Dr. C. Lowe)

6/27/01

• Important Message From Dr. Lowe & Dr. Honeyman-Lowe

6/23/01

• How Long Did It Take You to Get Well? (Vicky Massey)

6/17/01

• Finn, Lowe, & Honeyman-Lowe to Speak in Pittsburgh Nov.2nd and 3rd

6/9/01

• Comments by Readers of The Metabolic Treatment of Fibromyalgia

6/9/01

• What Endocrinologists Mean By "T4 is Superior" (Dr. C. Lowe)

6/8/01

• Can Low-Dose T4 Worsen Hypothyroid Symptoms? (Dr. C. Lowe)

6/6/01

• Drs. Lowe & Honeyman-Lowe Join Medical Advisory Board of Thyroid UK

5/26/01

• Avoiding a Bad Aftermath to Anti-Thyroid Therapy (Dr. C. Lowe)

5/24/01

• Reply to an Endocrinologist's Criticism of Our Studies (Dr. C. Lowe)

5/15/01

• Statement on the Outcome of Dr. Peatfield's Case (Dr. C. Lowe)

5/8/01

• Introduction to the Case of Dr. Barry Peatfield (Dr. C. Lowe)

5/7/01

• In Defense of Dr. Barry Peatfield (Dr. C. Lowe)

5/5/01

• In Defense of Dr. Barry Peatfield (Jackie Yellin)

5/1/01

• What it Took to Recover From Fibromyalgia (Vicky Massey)

4/18/01

• Did Ultrasound Treatment Cause My Chronic Pain?

4/14/01

• What is the Difference Between Synthroid and Cytomel? (Jackie Yellin)

4/13/01

• A Doctor's False Beliefs About the Risks of Various Drugs (Vicky Massey)

4/13/01

• Introduction to Vicky Massey--Former Fibromyalgia Patient

4/12/01

• Dr. St. Amand & Guaifenesin Treatment for Fibromyalgia

4/10/01

• Potency of Compounded T3 Extremely Unreliable (Dr. C. Lowe)

3/12/01

• What's So Dangerous About Cytomel (T3)? (Dr. C. Lowe)

3/3/01

• Dr. Lowe to Appointed to Board of Advisors of NAMTPT

2/25/01

• How to Avoid Harmful Heart Effects When Using T3 (Dr. C. Lowe)

2/18/01

• An Irrational Attack on Dr. Dennis 's Beliefs (Dr. C. Lowe)

1/17/01

• The Best Way to Understand the Metabolic Treatment of Fibromyalgia

1/8/01

• Trigger point referral caused by ultrasound therapy (Dr. C. Lowe)

12/25/00

• Mental & Emotional Effects of Trigger Points: Three Articles by Dr. Lowe

12/1/00

• Suggestions to Help Your Doctor Help You With Metabolic Rehab (Jackie Yellin)

11/19/00

• Endocrinologists & Expert Advice on the Use of T3 (Dr. C. Lowe)

11/17/00

• How Myofascial Pain Can Lead to a Fibromyalgia-Like Syndrome

11/5/00

• How Long Will It Take to Solve the Problem of Fibromyalgia?

ComingSoon

• Dr. Lowe Meets with Eminent Logician

ComingSoon

• Surgery for Fibromyalgia: A critique by Dr. Lowe.

5/6/00

• Follow-up to Drs. Lowe & Honeyman-Lowe's Trip to France• Text of Dr. Lowe's and Dr. Honeyman-Lowe's announcement in France

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