The Thyroid Patient Advocacy-UK (TPA-UK) Response to: “A Statement from the British Thyroid Association Executive Committee on Armour® Thyroid”
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Thyroid Patient Advocacy-UK (TPA-UK) disagrees with many of the statements made by the Executive Committee of the British Thyroid Association (BTA) on natural desiccated porcine thyroid extract (Armour® Thyroid, USP). TPA-UK are very concerned that the BTA continue to advise that L-thyroxine (T4) replacement remains the treatment of choice despite the amount of evidence contrary to their opinion, showing it to be ineffective in relieving many patients' symptoms.
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