Best-selling author and physician Jacob Teitelbaum, MD -- who is especially knowledgeable about thyroid disease, hormones, and chronic fatigue syndrome -- has an excellent piece over at the Pyschology Today website, titled "Which Type of Thyroid Treatment Is Best?" As usual, Dr. Teitelbaum combines his top-notch medical knowledge with good old-fashioned common sense when he answers his title question, stating: "Different people do better with different types of thyroid hormone, and you can tell which is best by what feels best to you." While what Dr. Teitelbaum is saying seems rather obvious to many patients and practitioners, it's shockingly considered quite controversial for the most dogmatic, close-minded old endocrinologists . The old guard seem determined to oppose any efforts to improve the quality of care, instead remaining excessively loyal to their much-beloved thyroid drug, Synthroid (sometimes for the worst reasons) and usually insist on a one-size-fits-all approach to diagnosing and managing thyroid conditions.
Thankfully, many of these "endocrinologists who time forgot" are going the way of the dinosaur, while cutting-edge, integrative practitioners like Jacob Teitelbaum, MD -- practitioners who truly care about whether their patients live and feel well -- are rightfully taking their place as leaders in thyroid care.
Read Jacob Teitelbaum, MD's blog post on the best thyroid treatments at Pyschology Today now.
More on Thyroid Issues from Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
- Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum on the Lab Test Controversy
- Thyroid Hormone Deficiency--An Integrative Overview from Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
- Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on T4/T3 Studies
Photo: Jacob Teitelbaum, MD
