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Our web site now gives Aussies and special visitors a chance to communicate with each other freely over experiencing simular Thyroid conditions or just wanting some one to talk to. I say simular condition because there are no hard and fast rules for coping with  Thyroid disease. This is why we stress that every Thyroid condition must be treated individually, for that patient is an individual with a unique Thyroid set point and not to be conveniently classified within a populous range.  

Here is where most primary problems occur in Thyroid treatment by medical professionals, pigeon holing their Thyroid patients in a Thyroid - is a Thyroid - is a Thyroid scenario.
Too many get put in the too hard basket due to a lack of professional understanding.

Another principal concern is people being fobbed off, chiefly due to the medical attitude that if you are within the reference ranges you are ok, then your med's may get a rude regression or your problem is said to be psychosomatic, so go get a life! You will feel better for it. Sound familiar.

This is not an attack on the medical profession, it is a realistic situation evident in far too many cases that must have a realistic resolution, with increased Thyroid knowledge and every one on the same page.

Step back and have a good look at your treatment before you blame the Thyroxine for not doing what it claims to do..... Are you under dosed ? The bench mark for Thyroxine is 1.6 mcg / Klg of body weight and titrated from there.

In Australia as opposed to most other countries we have only one manufacture of Thyroxine - Sigma Pharmaceuticals, who produce both brands of Thyroxine T4, Oroxine and the generic Eutroxsig.
Both these medications are identical in every way except the name on the packaging, that is the name brand and the generic are both one and the same. Therefore, we don't have the problems with different manufacturers and varying dosages.

Please don't compare Australian issues, be mislead and or confused by what you find in some international forums on Thyroid subjects. A lot of it is ultra commercial, accelerated and fueled by misinformation and confusion, once again contributed to by a profound lack of Thyroid knowledge and marketeers praying on the desperate and vulnerable.

Share your Thyroid story and you may find help or help others find their old selves and a better quality of life...... and then again I'll be blogged! - Rick.

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