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Today, I had an opportunity to speak with Dai Jinn, the Chief Science Officer and Chief Pharmacist at RLC Labs, maker of Nature-Throid and Westhroid.

When I’d spoken with RLC and reported in my update on Monday, November 23 Nature-Throid Natural Desiccated Thyroid: A Status Report, Dai had said that they would begin shipping 1 grain Nature-Throid this week.

As some thyroid patients have found, however, after calling the company, or checking with their pharmacies, this is not happening.

So I checked in with Dai to find out what the situation is and what thyroid patients can expect, and how thyroid patients taking natural desiccated thyroid can plan for the next several months.

First, according to Dai, the issue for RLC at present is that production levels are in flux. Production capacity depends on the supply of raw materials, and RLC is getting raw material — natural desiccated thyroid powder / Thyroid USP — from what appears to be several suppliers. While RLC will not share the names of the companies supplying their raw material, they have said that the incoming product is not necessarily consistent in terms of quality, and availability has been fluctuating.

Dai said, however, that wherever he is sourcing his natural desiccated thyroid powder, the critical issue for him and RLC is quality control. This means that not all the raw material he gets is being used to produce the RLC natural desiccated thyroid products.

But that also means that even if raw material is coming in, not all of it is being made into Nature-Throid or Westhroid.

So, when can you expect to get Nature-Throid? Read more…

Nature-Throid Natural Thyroid: A New Update on Production Status originally appeared on About.com Thyroid Disease on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 at 15:43:34.

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One of the most amazing things about the Internet is the ability to connect with people, around your town, your state, the country — or even the world — who share similar interests. And for many thyroid patients, the Internet can be a terrific resource to connect, find other patients for support and information, and a friendly voice who understands what you’re going through.

If you’re interested in thyroid support online, there are a number of places you can start. First, we have eight thyroid support forums right here at the About.com Thyroid site. Your starting point can be the main About.com Thyroid Disease Forum features hundreds of active discussions each day, on a broad cross-section of thyroid-related topics.

We also have a number of other specialized thyroid support forums here at About.com, including the following:

• Thyroid Diet and Weight Loss for Thyroid Patients: Support Forum
  
• Thyroid Disease Support Forum for Patients in the United Kingdom and Ireland
  
• Hyperthyroidism & Graves’ Disease: Support Forum
  
• Thyroid & Hormones, Fertility, Menopause Support Forum
  
• Thyroid Cancer Support Forum
  
• Discuss Top Thyroid Doctors & Thyroid Support Groups
  
• Alternative Medicine for Thyroid Disease
  

Listservs

Some people prefer a listserv format for support, in which case, you might want to join:

• The Thyroid Listserv on Yahoo — which covers all facets of thyroid disease, diagnosis, treatment and support

• Save Natural Thyroid Listserv on Yahoo — is an online support listserv for patients and practitioners interested in protecting the right to natural thyroid drugs

Facebook

For those who prefer Facebook for support, here are some resources:

• Thyroid Patients Global Support Community — a Facebook online thyroid support community

• Facebook: Save Natural Thyroid — a Facebook support group for patients and practitioners interested in protecting the right to natural thyroid drugs

• Facebook: Mary Shomon — Mary Shomon’s Facebook page, where many thyroid patients share their stories, experiences, and questions as part of the thyroid community
  

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Thyroid Support on the Web originally appeared on About.com Thyroid Disease on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 22:14:37.

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