Renee Virginia Christiansburg 0
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07.19.2021
Virginia Christiansburg

I Need My Thyroid Medication to Live

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism twenty-five years ago. I have been on multiple medications to try to control this imbalance. I cannot take Armour, which it seems the FDA is trying to force, and individual drugs do not work for me. I have to have a hypoallergenic formula in order for my body to maintain a normal functioning life and not have a reaction. The FDA has already taken away my usual prescription of NatureThroid and have made sure that it will not return to the market. This has forced my doctor to resort to a compound pharmacy for a medication that will help me and that I can tolerate. When I do not have my medication, I cannot function as a contributing member of society. You ought to look up what systems of the body are governed by the thyroid so that you can get an idea of what you doing to people. You will be ending the life of a person for no other reason than misinformation and lack of knowledge. I don't feel that am being protected by the FDA. Isn't that what they are supposed to do? I feel victimized by the FDA with the continual attack on medications that actually help me. It seems that the drive must be to put money in their pocket, because it surely is not being done for the welfare of people.
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