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Dr. Lowe How to Prepare Patient-to-Patient Fibromyalgia Research Foundation
The Metabolic Treatment |
The April 2002 issue of Let's Live magazine contains a letter to the Editor by Ms. Barbara Porell, a fibromyalgia patient. In her letter, she describes her 50% improvement after using Armour Thyroid for two months. Let's Live appropriately gave our phone number and web address as the source of information on the metabolic treatment for fibromyalgia. As a result, Ms. Porell's letter has set off a deluge of phone calls over the last week to our Center for Metabolic Health. Many of the patients who have called have asked only one question: Where can I purchase Armour Thyroid? These patients apparently have the impression that Armour Thyroid is a magic pill that enabled Ms. Porell to improve. Understandably, the magic-pill misconception motivates these patients to want to try Armour. We must emphasize, however: Recovery from fibromyalgia (or any other set of symptoms caused by hypothyroidism or thyroid hormone resistance ) is not merely a matter of taking thyroid hormone; it's a matter of using the proper treatment protocol. True, many patients such as Ms. Porell improve somewhat just by taking the proper form of thyroid hormone. But as Ms. Porell makes clear, she too is aware that more is involved than just taking the hormone. (See our report on her letter.) Because more is required, it would be derelict of us to merely refer patients to sources of Armour. Patients must also be aware of something else: As doctors, we can't merely refer patients we don't know to sources of thyroid hormone products. If we did, we would imply acceptance of liability for the well-being of those patients. We can refer patients to obtain thyroid hormone only if those patients are officially under our care. Because of this, please phone our Assistant, Bethany Bushman, only if you want to become a patient of ours. Please don't phone her to ask where to purchase Armour Thyroid or any other brand of thyroid hormone. We appreciate your cooperation. News Report on Ms. Porell's Letter-to-the-Editor of Let's Live Magazine
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