Volume 2 Issue 4 - August 2007

by Stephen Gascoigne

Thyroid disease is very common. Thyroxine is one of the ten commonest prescribed medications in the UK and USA. In the clinic, we frequently see people with under-activity of the thyroid (hypothyroidism) and, to a lesser degree, over-activity (hyperthyroidism). Such imbalances in endocrine glands indicate a relatively severe disturbance at a deep level of the person and the frequent presence of prescribed medication may further complicate the situation.