| Introduction |
v |
|
Bottom Line...It Works |
vi |
|
How To Use This Manual |
viii |
|
|
| Case
Studies |
1 |
|
|
| 1.
|
Basics |
11 |
| 2.
|
How
Has Wilson's Temperature Syndrome Gone Overlooked? |
27 |
| 3.
|
Limitations
of Thyroid Blood Tests |
35 |
| 4.
|
Diagnosis
and Pretreatment Considerations |
39 |
| 5.
|
If
Considering a Therapeutic Trial of Thyroid, Why Not Use T4? |
47 |
| 6.
|
Workup
For T3 Therapy |
55 |
| 7.
|
Treatment
Principles |
73 |
| 8.
|
Timing
of Doses, Compliance |
107 |
| 9.
|
Monitoring,
Compliance and Steadiness |
117 |
| 10. |
Unsteadiness
and the T4 Test Dose |
127 |
| 11. |
Risks,
Benefits, and Myths |
141 |
| 12. |
T3
Therapy In Hypothyroid Patients (and euthyroid patients presenting
on T4-containing medicine) |
153 |
| 13. |
Time
Zones, Pregnancy, Surgery, Drugs, and Other T3 Therapy Tidbits |
163 |
|
|
| Modules,
Caveats, and Questions |
167 |
|
How to use the Modules |
168 |
|
Directory of Caveats and Questions |
182 |
|
|
| Same
Principles Applied Differently (methods of other doctors) |
205 |
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| Appendix |
|
|
Considerations for the future |
208 |
|
Patient Education Aids |
208 |
|
Review Article |
210 |
|
Patient Forms (Symptom checklist, Instruction sheet, Temperature
log) |
213 |
|
|
| Index |
219 |
