Hillary Clinton Takes Natural Desiccated Thyroid

A letter was released by Hillary Clinton’s doctor, Lisa Bardack, MD, disclosing among other things, Hillary is taking natural desiccated thyroid pills for hypothyroidism, and she has a Calcium Score of zero.  She also takes vitamin B12. Dr Lisa Bardack declared Hillary “fit to serve as president.”

Perhaps Dr Lisa Bardack prescribes natural thyroid for Hillary Clinton because it is a better thyroid medication.  And perhaps Dr Lisa Barack prescribes natural thyroid for Hillary Clinton in spite of the opposition of the Endocrine Society Position_Statement which says natural desiccated thyroid (NDT) should not be used as thyroid replacement therapy:

“In general, desiccated thyroid hormone or thyroid extract, combinations of
thyroid hormones, or triiodothyronine should not be used as thyroid
replacement therapy.” (Quote from Endocrine Society Position Statement.)

Perhaps Dr Bardack prescribes NDT (natur5al desiccated thyroid in spite of the opposing 2012 position statement of the American Association of Endocrinologists and the ATA (American Thyroid Association) regarding the use of natural desiccated thyroid, which says:

“There is no evidence to support using desiccated thyroid hormone in preference to L-thyroxine monotherapy in the treatment of hypothyroidism and therefore desiccated thyroid hormone should not be used for the treatment of hypothyroidism.” (quote)

The ATA Guidelines For Treatment Hypothyroidism  were updated Dec 2014, saying:

“We recommend that levothyroxine (T4 only) be considered as routine care for patients with primary hypothyroidism, in preference to use of thyroid extracts (NDT).”

Perhaps Dr Bardack has read these position statements opposed to the use of natural desiccated thyroid (NDT), and has chosen to ignore them as I have done, recognizing these position statements merely reflect the financial interests of the pharmaceutical industry controlling these medical societies and organizations.

Featured image at top: Hillary Clinton age 50. courtesy of Time magazine Oct 20,1997

Left Image Hillary Clinton 2007 presidential race  Low Thyroid Condition on Synthroid ? Courtesy of Federalist Papers.

Natural Thyroid is Better then Synthroid

The reality is that natural desiccated thyroid is a more robust and superior thyroid medication when compared to T4 only medications such as levothyroxine.  This has been true in my clinical experience.

Perhaps Dr Bardack is familiar with the 2013 report by Dr Hoang at the Walter Reed Military Hospital which compared Desiccated thyroid extract to levothyroxine in the treatment of hypothyroidism, in which half the patients expressed a preference for NDT over T4 only treatment.(4)

Articles with related interest:

Why Natural Thyroid is Better Than Synthetic

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TSH Suppression Benefits and Adverse Effects 

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Links and references:

1) Hillary Clinton Natural Dessicated Thyroid Armour –  Letter by Lisa Bardack MD

2) Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton’s Doctor Says She’s Fit to Serve As President The Democrat’s doctor declared her in ‘excellent physical condition’
By Laura Meckler Updated July 31, 2015 5:57 p.m. ET

3) ESA Position Statement on Desiccated Thyroid or Thyroid
Extract Professor Peter R Ebeling MD FRACP, Chair, on behalf of ESA Medical
Affairs Sub-Committee ESA_Position_Statement_Natural_Desiccated_Thyroid_Peter_R_Ebeling

4) Hoang, Thanh D., et al. “Desiccated thyroid extract compared with levothyroxine in the treatment of hypothyroidism: a randomized, double-blind, crossover study.” (2013).

5) ATA CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM IN ADULTS Garber 2012  COSPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND THE AMERICAN THYROID ASSOCIATION
Jeffrey R. Garber, MD, FACP, FACE1,2*; Rhoda H. Cobin, MD, FACP, MACE3; Hossein Gharib, MD, MACP, MACE4; James V. Hennessey, MD, FACP2;
Irwin Klein, MD, FACP5; Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACP, FACE, FACN6; Rachel Pessah-Pollack, MD6,7; Peter A. Singer, MD, FACE8; Kenneth A. Woeber, MD, FRCPE9  for the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Thyroid Association Taskforce on Hypothyroidism in Adults

“RECOMMENDATION 22.4 There is no evidence to support using desiccated thyroid hormone in preference to L-thyroxine monotherapy in the treatment of hypothyroidism and therefore desiccated thyroid hormone should not be used for the treatment of hypothyroidism.”

6) Jonklaas, Jacqueline, et al. “Guidelines for the treatment of hypothyroidism: prepared by the American Thyroid Association Task Force on Thyroid Hormone Replacement.” Thyroid 24.12 (2014): 1670-1751.

“We recommend that levothyroxine be considered as routine care for patients with primary hypothyroidism, in preference to use of thyroid extracts.”

7) The Surprising Way Hillary Clinton Treats Her Thyroid Condition
by Mary Shomon About Health

8) Presidential Candidate Treated with Natural Desiccated Thyroid by Helle Sydendal

9) Why Hillary Clinton’s Thyroid Needs Healthcare Reform
August 7, 2015 • By Dr. M Sara Rosenthal, Chair of the American Thyroid Association’s Ethics Advisory Committee, member of The Endocrine Society.

Images:

Hillary CLinton 2007 Presidential Race, Courtesy of Federalist Papers.

Hillary Clinton on Cover of Time 1997 Courtesy of Time Magazine.

Image: Hillary Rodham poses in her 1965 senior class portrait from Park Ridge East High School in Illinois. Courtesy of Time Magazine.

Image: Hillary Clinton in High School Year Book 1965 Courtesy of CBS News.

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