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Hi-I didn’t read the report altho I just asked Em for it. Part of the problem with synthroid is the small dose we need. The compound is not difficult to manufacture or purify. It has a simplistic structure. What is a problem is diluting it consistantly. Lets say the average dose is 100 micrograms. A teaspoon of sugar weighs 4 grams or 4 million micrograms. If you had a teaspoon of pure synthroid (assuming the same density) it would last you 40,000 days or 100 years. Obviously it is very potent stuff and if it isn’t distributed in the filler evenly, one can imagine the problems. “Natural”thyroxine is just as hard to standardize. Some people swear by it because it contains more than just t4(t3, reverse t3 among other things) that some believe more accurately replace our body’s hormones. I want to read this report myself to see what the problem is. I know that a major manufacturer of Synthroid-Boots- paid researchers for many years to “prove” that their product was more reliable and have managed to have most of the medical profession to buy into that. Last year, a woman that they funded showed that the Boots product was not significantly better than the generics and Boots suppressed her research. She went public and Boots is suing her. They stopped her from publishing details. Boots has alot to lose. Synthroid is one of the top 3 drugs prescribed in our country and they charge twice the price of the generics. Synthroid is quite the cash cow and they don’t have to worry that it went off patent years ago as long as they can show-however fraudently-that noone can make it as good as they do. As for profit margin, that same teaspoon of synthroid costs $35 from a chemical supply house(Aldrich) and that is marked up a zillion fold already. My point, roundabout as it may be, is that don’t trust all research especially when it is funded by someone whose profits are determined by the outcome.
Sue R-K

[Anonymous]

#1157244

Is there a better time of day that Synthroid should be taken, or can I take it at bedtime.

Just wondering. Thank you

[Anonymous]

#1157245

Hi, there was some discussion on this subject a month or two ago, and there were different ideas as to when it should be taken. The most important fact, is on an empty stomach, and at the same time every day. Someone, I don’t remember who, had found information saying we should take it in the evening, two hours or more after dinner, with a full glass of water. Not coffee, soda or milk, as they are all considered “food” items and can interfere with the proper absorbtion of the active ingredient, given the pharmecutical company hasn’t messed up that lot of pills. Read the FDA report, there is some interesting/upsetting information in there in regards to this medication.

Pat

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