Thursday, October 2, 2008

Side Effects of Thyroid Medicine

Conventional thyroid medications that treat thyroid dysfunction involve synthetic hormones, radioactive iodine treatment, surgical incisions and other symptomatic treatments. Like all conventional drugs, these treatment options have serious side effects that require regular monitoring and control.
Some of the treatments used in conventional medicine can create major side effects. Radiation that was once considered effective in treating acne, inflammation and infection of the tonsils, thymus and lymph nodes had to be discontinued due to its side effects. In fact, it was proven that the treatment caused dangerous side effects like thyroid cancer.
Most of the side effects that are induced due to conventional medicine are serious in nature and can sometimes be a grave indication.

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