Charm,

I have been reading a lot about thyroid. I called a few compounding pharmacies in my area and the only one who would help me said that most endos are pretty old school in their treatment of hypo...one referred me to a family physician because he was the only one he knew of who prescribes natural thyroid which seems to work better for a lot of people. If I am put on sythetic I will also request to have it combined with T3 but right now it will be 3 months until I get into the endo and must rely on my PCP whose knowledge is limited.

My suggestion is Try a compounding pharmacy and ask them if they know and docs who will rx natural thyroid and go from there. However ideally it should be an endo not a regular doc but endos are slower than dinosaurs when it comes to the latest data aren't they? I guess it's a big mess all the best.

I am still figuring out how valid this lady is but many claim her to be a thyroid patient advocate and here is her info on finding a good doc:

http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/how-to-find-a-good-doc/

"Another great option is to approach the Pharmacist (NOT the employees) at a large pharmacy, and ask who tends to prescribe desiccated thyroid. Most Pharmacists are friendly and will let you know. Don�t hesitate to go to more than one Pharmacy. To strike Bingo, see if there is a Compounding Pharmacy nearby or check your Yellow Pages for one, or go to Google and type in your city and �compounding pharmacy�. Doctors who use Compounding Pharmacies tend to prescribe desiccated thyroid!"

http://www.project-aware.org/Resource/Pharm.shtml