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Inadequate Thyroid Hormone Regulation as the Main Mechanism of Fibromyalgia: A Review of the Evidence

@inproceedings{Lowe2008InadequateTH,
  title={Inadequate Thyroid Hormone Regulation as the Main Mechanism of Fibromyalgia: A Review of the Evidence},
  author={J. Lowe and J. Yellin},
  year={2008}
}
All symptoms and most objectively verified abnormalities among fibromyalgia (FMS) patients are c haracteristic of subsets o f pat ients with hypothyroidism or partial peripheral thyroid hormone r e- sistance. [...] Key Result In several open and blinded treatment trials, thyroid hormone therapy other than T -replace- ment h as re duced or eliminated FMS symptoms a nd many stu dy p atients h ave ceased to meet th e criteria for FMS.Expand
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Chapter Ten – The metabolic rehabilitation of fibromyalgia patients

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E euthyroid FMS patients with T3 are treated to see if they would respond as do patients with peripheral thyroid hormone resistance syndrome: significant therapeutic effects with supraphysiologic dosages, without target tissue responses typical of thyrotoxicosis. Expand
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Overlapping symptom complexes suggest that chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf war syndrome, premenstrual syndrome, post traumatic stress disorder, breast implant silicone sensitivity syndrome, bipolar affective disorder, systemic candidiasis, myofascial pain syndrome, and idiopathic environmental intolerance are similar enough to fibromyalgia to merit investigation for possible thyroid resistance. Expand
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The results of questionnaire analysis, use of the Van Vincent BE-T-A testing, and the author’s clinical experience are consistent with the Lowe thesis that metabolic failure underlies FMS. Expand
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The resting metabolic rates and body temperatures of fibromyalgia patients previously evaluated at a specialty metabolic clinic were compared with healthy controls to whom they were matched and fibro- myalgia symptom intensity was studied. Expand
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