Thyroid Extract Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Armour Thyroid, Westhroid
Generic Name: Thyroid Extract
See also: Thyroid Hormone
What is Thyroid Extract?
Thyroid extract is used for replacement or supplemental therapy in hypothyroidism; pituitary Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) suppressants (thyroid nodules, thyroiditis, multinodular goiter, thyroid cancer), thyrotoxicosis, and diagnostic suppression tests.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 14 |
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3 | ||||
| Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) | 8 |
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3 | ||
| General health | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Hashimoto's Thyroiditis | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Fatigue | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Weight gain | 1 |
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1 |
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Thyroid Extract. See all 13 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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1 | 100% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 6 patient evaluations
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- D'awesome
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- D'awesome
- 120 mg daily
- since Aug 26, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips USE Armour Thyroid for a full Thyroid balance. See full evaluation
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- WysWoman
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- WysWoman
- 120 mg daily
- since Sep 29, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I believe that anyone with a low thyroid problem benefits more from Armour thyroid (or identical generic) than any of the other choices. Because it includes ... See full evaluation
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- Grandmoms
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: None
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- Grandmoms
- 90 mg daily
- since Nov 16, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I was taking 120 mg and took this dosage for years. New primary care doctor felt I was taking too much and reduced it to 90 mg. Have gained 15 pounds since... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.