October, 2001-- According to Dr. John Lowe, "Despite Synthroid's relative ineffectiveness, when mainstream MDs in the United States diagnose hypothyroidism, they habitually write "Synthroid" on their prescription pads. Why? Because dogged endorsements of the drug by endocrinologists have fused the words hypothyroidism and Synthroid as inseparably as runny nose and Kleenex." Find out more about the history of Synthroid in this article by one of the nation's leading fibromyalgia and thyroid experts.