If this were taken away, it would be nothing short of catastrophic for me!

10.07.2022

Oregon Eugene

“If this were taken away, it would be nothing short of catastrophic for me!”

This will be the short version since the story involved the better part of a decade. The first ten years after having my thyroid ablated was sheer hell! Somewhere around the ten-year mark, I learned that there was something called compounded slow-release liothyronine sodium..as opposed to the fast-release liothyronine sodium known mainly as Cytomel. Even the combination brands such as Armour Thyroid, which contains both T4 and T3 of a porcine origin, did not work for me due to the high T3 to T4 ratio in it. Multi-dosing, as often suggested, did not help, not with Armour, nor with any other T3 or T4/T3 med. When I started off on just 3 micrograms of slow-release Liothyronine Sodium (T3), within 24 to 48 hours, I felt I miraculously was given my life back!! I can not be without the addition of the slow-release pure powder Liothyronine sodium. I am extremely sensitive to it and even after an additional decade, I only need 6 micrograms every 12 hours or twice daily to maintain health and quality of life. Not 5 mcg, and not 7 mcg, but precisely six micrograms. I even tried using Cytomel thru one insurance company because it was free of charge, only to become totally off track after a few short weeks which took me months to undo and get back into a steady state after going back onto my one source of Liothyronine that actually works for me. If this were taken away, it would be nothing short of catastrophic for me!

Hear their stories. Protect their own words. Protect their access to compounded medicines.

On this page, we can only touch on the data that demonstrates the importance of compounded medicines to the lives of millions of people in this country. While the decision to take this vital therapy from patients and physicians might be profitable for big pharmaceutical companies, it will be disastrous for the millions of patients that those same pharmaceutical companies cannot serve!

We encourage the appropriate committees in both the House and Senate to hold hearings on this critical issue.

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