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Thyroid (Expert Forum)
Vitamin Supplements for Graves/Hyper
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Mark Lupo, M.D. - Thyroid Nodules, Thyroid Cancer, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, Thyroid Ultrasound
Thyroid & Endocrine Center of Florida
Sarasota - FL
Questions in the Thyroid forum are answered by Dr. Mark Lupo. Topics covered include goiter, graves disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, hyperthyroid, hypothyroid, thyroid cancers, thyroiditis, and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH).
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Vitamin Supplements for Graves/Hyper
by alish2006, May 09, 2006 12:00AM
Hello, I have been diagnosed Hyperthyroid/Graves(eyes bulging). I am going to a new Endo next week and hopefully get moving on this. Below are the vitamins suggested by the health food store.
Are they good? Some of the ingredients I have never heard of and I don't want to take anything that will make this worse?
Solaray Brand - B-Complex 50
Amt per capsule % daily value
Thiamine 50mg 3,333%
Riboflavin 50mg 2,941%
Niacin 50mg 250%
B6 50mg 2,500%
Folic Acid 400mcg 100%
B-12 50mg 833%
Biotin 50mcg 17%
Panothenic Acid 50mg 500%
PABA 50mg -
Choline bitatrate 50mg -
Inositol 50mg -
Other Ingreidients: Gelatin Capsule, Whole Food Base (Whole Rice Concentrate, Aloe Vera Gel), Magnesium Stearate and Silica.
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Solaray Brand - Cal-Mag Citrate with Vitamin D ****Have to take 6 capsules a Day for to equal these amounts**********
Amt Per Serving %Daily Value
Total Carbohydrate <1g <1%
Dietary Fiber <1g 4%
Vitamin D 200IU 50%
Calcium 1000mg 100%
Magnesium 500mg 125%
Other Ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose Capsule, Cellulose, magnesium Stearate, Parsley Leaf, Alfalfa Leaf, Watercress Leaf and Dandelion Root.
Are they good? Some of the ingredients I have never heard of and I don't want to take anything that will make this worse?
Solaray Brand - B-Complex 50
Amt per capsule % daily value
Thiamine 50mg 3,333%
Riboflavin 50mg 2,941%
Niacin 50mg 250%
B6 50mg 2,500%
Folic Acid 400mcg 100%
B-12 50mg 833%
Biotin 50mcg 17%
Panothenic Acid 50mg 500%
PABA 50mg -
Choline bitatrate 50mg -
Inositol 50mg -
Other Ingreidients: Gelatin Capsule, Whole Food Base (Whole Rice Concentrate, Aloe Vera Gel), Magnesium Stearate and Silica.
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Solaray Brand - Cal-Mag Citrate with Vitamin D ****Have to take 6 capsules a Day for to equal these amounts**********
Amt Per Serving %Daily Value
Total Carbohydrate <1g <1%
Dietary Fiber <1g 4%
Vitamin D 200IU 50%
Calcium 1000mg 100%
Magnesium 500mg 125%
Other Ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose Capsule, Cellulose, magnesium Stearate, Parsley Leaf, Alfalfa Leaf, Watercress Leaf and Dandelion Root.
Doctor's Answer
by Mark Lupo, M.D., May 09, 2006 12:00AM
, May 09, 2006 12:00AM
These probably won't aggravate the Graves (ie, they don't appear to have iodine) but no data to support they are necessary. A good multivitamin and perhaps a selenium (200mcg) supplement are really all you need. There may be variuos opinions on this, but again I am just going by medical literature.
Make sure they contain no iodine until you are sucessfully treated.
Your B's look good to me, the same as mine.
I take B-50s as well, twice a day with meals, preferable three times, that is with each meal. All vitamins and minerals should be taken with meals and far away from thyroid medication as possible.
I take mega vitamins and some minerals in separate form, except the B-50s, however I add some exrta B's to the B-50s.
Your calcium and magnesium look good as in porportion to each other, but 6 capsules a day , eeeks, LOL! However, I take more than that with all my vitamins and minerals combined, twice a day.
I take my calcium separate twice a day and V-D with V-A once a day in the AM with healthy oils, or foods containing natural healthy oils, etc. Vitamin D/A (and V-E) are oil soluble. However the calcium does have some D in it, its not enough for my needs, and I take magnesium to help with D absorption. A and D together, for or incase of, toxicity because I take mega dose.
Looks good to me.
Again, many thanks!
Alish
Keep stress to a minimum,avoid environmental triggers, if you smoke stop, avoid iodine found in salt and processed foods and sea foods. Avoide sugar and saturated fats.
Follow a nutrient-rich diet encluding yogurt with L. acidophilus and cooked spinach. Drink at least 8 glasses of water daily to prevent dehydration, get at least 8 hours of sleep and strive for a restful consonant lifestyle.
For eyes, omega-3 oils found in flaxseed (flaxseed oil) and fish oil, or supplements. Antioxidant, 100 mg Grape Seed extract twice a day is a great antioxidant which protect against free radical damage and to help improve circulation and strengthen blood vessels, benefit TED and improves immune responses, allergies, healing, energy, and vision. Also 5 drops of colloidal of Sliver which also helps other ailments as well. Zinc and copper at a ratio of 3:1 for zinc:copper. All are important for eye health.
V-C, V-E and beta-carotene. I can go on and on and on. Selenium, Chromium and Potassium. Not just one vitamin/mineral or group of, but all nutrients are as equally as important and work together for optimum good health. If we took one
multi-vitamin/mineral pill in a single dose that a healthy body required, it would be as big as a golf ball.
Vitamins/minerals can be costly, but it can be more costly to be sick.
Sleeping 8 hours would be wonderful, but.....I am averaging about 2 hours for the last 2 weeks, it was only 4 per night for the month prior to my diagnosis.. and I feel terrible. (2 per night with a Xanax and Inderal) Hopefully, when i get on some medication, it will get better.
Is wheat bad for hyper/graves? I see my oatmeat is 100% whole grain. Some sites list it as bad, and others say it is ok?
Thank you soooo much for the help.
Alish
Get as much info about graves disease & it's treatment as you can before seeing an Endo ...
It's possible to make big mistakes in your treatment if your not educated. NOTE: I-131 treatment (where they give you a dose of radiation to kill off a percentage of your thyroid) is acommonly used to treat hyperthyroidism due to graves & is contraindicated in patients with thyroid eye disease. It will make the eye disease much much worse... NOT ALL DR'S AGREE WITH THIS but it is a fact that many unknowing graves suffers have found out the hard way. This is a good website if you have any further questions about what to expect... http://mediboard.com/groupee/forums/a/frm/f/150103281
Good Luck & God Bless, Jean
I also had the sleep problems for 6 years until I couldn't tolerate it any longer so decided to take sleeping pills which I only need for a few months. It must have put the sleeping part of my brain back to normal because now I sleep real well, with only now and then problems.
I agree, read all you can and become well informed before making any decisions.
ATDs and Near-total thyroidectomy have little, if any, effect on the course of ophthalmopathy. RAI might have a temporary effect or temporary worsening in some and some say their TED got better with RAI. TED has it own antibodies, however similar to autimmune antibodies GD or Hashi, and is going to do what its going to do, at anytime it wants and as many times as it wants. All three treatments have their good and their bad. They all are not immuned to TED.
Here is a couple of unbias sites that are not anti-RAIers(1-131)
http://groups.msn.com/GRAVESDISEASEANDRAI/whatsnew.msn
http://bb.ngdf.org/bb/new.asp?TC=O
Good Luck!
I have been taking their calcium, magnesium and B-12 and they seem to have the right % of each vitamin your body needs, without adding more or less of what the body doesn't need.
Plus, their website has so much research/information, it is awesome. More than my doctor has ever shared with me!