Poor memory/ ineffective thyroid pills/ heartburn syndrome

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Poor memory/ ineffective thyroid pills/ heartburn syndrome

 

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The poor memory/ ineffective thyroid pills/ heartburn syndrome. Doctors in

Britain have identified a syndrome, where senior adults taking an acid-blocking

heartburn medication (Pepcid, Zantac, Prilosec) which can result in a vitamin

B12 deficiency and a resultant short-term memory deficit, also experience

ineffectiveness of their thyroid hormone pills. Not only do acid-blocking

heartburn medications impair the absorption of vitamin B12, but also the

absorption of

supplemental thyroid hormone.

 

Thyroid medications go by these brand names: thyroxine (T4 hormone)-

Levothroid®, Levoxyl®, Synthroid®, or Unithroid® , or Cytomel®, which is

T3,

Thyrolar®, which is a synthetic mixture of T4 and T3, and dessicated thyroid

(Armour®),

which is a T4/T3 mixture made from powdered animal (pig) thyroid glands). If

your thyroid medication isn’t working, you may have a condition called

hypochlorhydria, or low stomach acid.

 

Source: Age and Ageing, Volume 36, pages 231-32, 2007.

 

– Copyright 2007 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc.