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[–] jdael 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Wait a minute.. isn't obesity a cause for thyroid issues?

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[–] ilikewomenlololol 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

not really

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[–] Perfidia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

No, thyroid issues are usually an autoimmune problem.

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[–] DayShaun 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wasn't the highest selling one a few years ago a cholesterol pill? Lipitor?

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[–] ilikewomenlololol 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

orlistat?

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[–] RollCakeTroll [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Possibly. I looked them up and Lipitor was FDA approved in 96 and Synthroid in 01, so likely if was just catching up on the lag of being introduced to the market.

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[–] ilikewomenlololol 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

it's kind of insane how they don't realise that thyroid hormones can be harmful when not needed. look at hyperthyroidism. tachycardia is shit man. and other effects obvi, but I suffer from electrical issues in my heart and I get lots of tachycardia and it sucks. Now imagine being huge, enlarged heart, possibly stage 1-2 heart failure, compensation is on with tachycardia, more strain, add thyroid hormone and boom...

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[–] FPHrefugee 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

yep, as someone with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, tachy heart sucks.

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[–] HateCumbuckets 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Tachy sucks balls. 220 resting bpm and needing to be de-fibbed out of it., had I been overweight and unhealthy, I would have been fucked.

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[–] ForgotMyName 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

So... you're saying the thyroid stuff will actually make them die sooner? I'm not seeing a downside to this. Guys, let's get to work on spreading the word about what a miracle these thyroid medications are!

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[–] HateCumbuckets 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Does the regular exercise help your wife with the ms? And a book you may want to read is, Minding your mitochondria, by Dr Terry Wahls. She has some interesting ideas/theories.

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[–] MahLardy 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I have to correct you as a physician, true hypothyroidism does NOT correct on its own. Your wife likely has hypothyroidism from Hashimoto or some other thyroiditis. Those are known to cause fluctuations in thyroid hormones as the condition acts up and settles cyclically.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

I find it funny that fats complain that the diet industry is the devil for profiting off them, but the top selling drugs, i.e things that fats volunteer for and worship, are thyroid pills, cholesterol pills, beetus pills, and I'm sure blood pressure pills are up there too. Everyone is profiting off fats; the medical industry, the diet industry, the TV industry, the fast food industry, etc, etc. Fats are the ultimate consumer and they are none the wiser to it. For some reason, they only blame the diet industry.

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[–] joshy83 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I work at a nursing home and almost everyone has thyroid problems. Doctor's don't just prescribe it, they have to do lab work.

At least I hope they fucking do lab work.

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[–] RollCakeTroll [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

For there to be 21m prescriptions in a month, there is absolutely no way people are being tested heavily enough for every single person. I had a friend who has an actual thyroid issue but can't sleep because of it. She did some sleep tests but was denied a prescription because she missed the test mark during a sleep study by four minutes.

Even their own website says in bold letters at the top that it's not for the treatment of obesity, which speaks volumes about how people are trying to get it. https://www.synthroid.com

However they probably don't give a fuck and just put that to cover their asses. More prescriptions means more money for them.

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[–] MahLardy ago 

I have to field requests from thyroid pills from people who have normal or almost normal thyroids quite regularly. People come in with a TSH of 5.3 (normal cut-off at our lab is 5.0, and I do remind them that these are somewhat soft cut-offs) and think that all their problems are because of their thyroids.

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[–] Fupaphobe 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I seriously believe that if you can do without medication you shouldn't take any. As in, if you have a medical issue that requires it, then that's out of your control, but if you take drugs just because it can't possibly be good for you long term. Mind, that's probably because I had to take medication for my health for a few years and the side effects weren't fun. The moment I got a chance to try living without it I did. Life is harder, but I feel much better off them.

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[–] forklifts5x5 ago 

The more drugs you take, the higher chance you'll get nasty side effects or interactions. I don't take anything I don't have to. My doc mom said there's people who take other drugs to manage another drugs side effects in a horrible chain.

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[–] Fupaphobe ago 

The worst bit is if you go off the drugs and find out that some of the side effects are permanent. It happens and then there is no way out of a horrible horrible cycle =/

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