In my past life, before I found my life’s calling of helping people with thyroid conditions take back their health as the “Thyroid Pharmacist”, I worked as a consultant pharmacist who was focused on optimizing medications for people with disabilities and the elderly. While my official job title was Consultant Pharmacist, I really felt that the most important …
Medication Management
4 Key Steps That Can Help You Diagnose Hashimoto’s and Monitor Your Treatment Progress
For over a decade, I had the symptoms of thyroid disease, but when tested for the “standard, usual biomarker for thyroid disease,” my TSH level, I was always deemed “normal”. I still have a copy of those lab results from 2008, before I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s. Below the results is a handwritten note from my doctor at the time: “Your thyroid function …
9 Medications That Are Toxic To Your Thyroid
When I was first attempting to uncover the root cause of my Hashimoto’s, I came across research by Dr. Alessio Fasano, a world-renowned gastroenterologist, relating to what causes the body to start attacking the thyroid gland in the first place. One of the key points of his research was that three things needed to be present to cause – and sustain– an …
How To Get Accurate Lab Tests When Taking Thyroid Medications
I’ve been getting a lot of messages from people who began to feel hypothyroid after having their thyroid medications reduced based on a faulty lab interpretation. One lady began to lose her hair in clumps, and another became nearly bedridden! What all of these people had in common was that they were feeling great on a regimen of T4 and T3 medications, …
10 Things I Wish My Endocrinologist Would Have Told Me
Note: Originally published in February 2015, this article has been revised and updated for accuracy and thoroughness. When I was first diagnosed I consulted with a variety of specialists, I felt that I still didn’t get a good understanding of what’s really going on in Hashimoto’s. Here are a few things that would have been helpful to know at the …
Levoxyl Shortage, Levothroid Discontinuation & Switching Medications
Levothroid discontinued by Forest Pharmaceuticals Thyroid Medication Shortage Got You Freaking Out? Levoxyl is on long term manufacturer back order until mid-year in 2014... An unusual smell noticed by patients and pharmacists who opened medication bottles prompted the manufacturer to recall all strengths of Levoxyl. Update: Levothroid, another T4 …
Why Thyroid Patients Need Change
My Top 3 Reasons I am Izabella Wentz, a pharmacist, Hashimoto’s patient, and author. I believe that thyroid patients are not getting the treatment and attention they deserve from the medical community. There are three major issues that I see: diagnosis, medication management, and counseling regarding lifestyle interventions. Thyroid patients are not …
Overcoming Hashimoto’s
The "Five R" Approach of Functional Medicine Summary In January 2011, I made a specific resolution, to take charge of my health and my life. I had been diagnosed with Hashimoto's in 2009 and started to research complementary/alternative/functional medicine treatments in 2010. Unfortunately, despite my hours of research, I was stuck in a state of …
Thyroid and Cold Intolerance!
I remember refusing to wear jackets in the dead of the winter while an undergrad at the University of Illinois. This was before I had thyroid issues! Fast forward a few years, and I was sleeping under two blankets in southern California and wearing sweaters and scarves in my office while everyone else showed up in short sleeves! People have often said that …
Reversing Diabetes And Hashimoto’s Blood Sugar Imbalances
Reversing Diabetes Those of you that have been following me for a while know that I used to work in public health focusing on medication safety and diabetes. Diabetes is a major public health problem affecting 25.8 million Americans or as many as 8% of the general population, but up to 30% of those with Hashimoto's! While medications may sometimes be a …
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