Treatment Options for Hypothyroidism Dr. Friedman prescribes various different treatments for hypothyroidism. A traditional treatment is to give a preparation of levothyroxine, such as Synthroid, Tirosint, Levoxyl, or Unithroid. This can be given once a day because the T4 in it has a long half-life, which means it stays in your body for a long […]
Thyroid Cancer Thyroid cancer is quite common but very few people die from it or have a shortened lifespan because of it. In other words, don’t worry. Many people have a thyroid nodule found in their neck area. Sometimes you the patient notices a lump, sometimes the doctor finds it, and sometimes (especially more recently) […]
The thyroid gland makes 2 hormones, T4 and T3. T3 is the active hormone, and the body converts T4 to T3 by deiodinases. Most patients with hypothyroidism are treated with T4, and their doctors assume that it gets converted to T3 physiologically. For many patients this happens, and many patients do well on T4-alone treatment. […]
The answer is no for 2 reasons. First of all, I did a study when I was at the NIH about 25 years ago showing that people with Cushing’s syndrome and those tested for Cushing’s syndrome and not having it,
There are several new thyroid hormone preparations that can be used to treat patients with hypothyroidism. These include a new preparation of levothyroxine called Tirosint that is the only thyroid preparation in a gel capsule. There is also new preparation of desiccated thyroid (from porcine thyroid) called WP thyroid, that is similar to Nature-Throid. Many […]
Preauthorizations are becoming the bane of doctors’ existence. Preauthorizations are a ploy by insurance companies to not have to pay for medicines. They often require extensive paperwork to be done, multiple phone calls and faxes, and take up a huge amount of time for doctors’ offices. They do not generate any revenue for the doctor, […]
Dr. Friedman treats a lot of men with hypogonadism or low testosterone. There are many different ways to treat low testosterone, with testosterone itself, other medicines that stimulate testosterone, or combinations of medicines. Most men with clearly low testosterone (measured first thing in the morning) should get on testosterone, and Dr. Friedman finds that injectable […]
