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💊 How I Got Natural Desiccated Thyroid in The UK | Issue 184

💊 How I Got Natural Desiccated Thyroid in The UK | Issue 184

The thyroid medication that changed (and saved) my life.

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Rachel Hill
Feb 13, 2025
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💊 How I Got Natural Desiccated Thyroid in The UK | Issue 184
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In this weeks newsletter, I am answering a question I was asked twice on Instagram last week:

How I’ve managed to be on Armour Thyroid, a brand of NDT (natural desiccated thyroid medication) whilst in the UK. After all, it is really not easy to obtain this medication here.


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Thursday Thoughts

On Levothyroxine for my hypothyroidism, I only felt worse. Symptoms mounted up and I was made to feel like a hypochondriac, as no doctor would believe me or listen to my concerns that I just wasn’t responding to this medication.

Symptoms I had while on Levothyroxine included, but were not limited to:

  • Fatigue

  • Muscle aches and pains

  • Brain fog

  • Confusion

  • Long recovery period after exercise, working or socialising

  • Brittle hair and nails

  • Sensitivity to cold (cold hands and feet)

  • Poor appetite

  • Weight gain

  • Inability to lose weight,

  • Slow in movement, thoughts and speech

  • Hoarse voice

  • Thinned eyebrows

  • Constipation

  • Acid reflux

  • Migraines

  • Anxiety

  • Dry and tight skin

  • Joint Stiffness and pain

  • Hot flushes

  • Depression

  • Numbness in limbs

  • Feeling very emotional all the time

  • Restless legs

After doing a lot of personal research, I concluded that I wanted to try another type of thyroid hormone replacement medication, namely NDT (natural desiccated thyroid).

Whereas Levothyroxine was synthetic and replaced one missing thyroid hormone, NDT contained all of them and skipped the need for my body to convert storage thyroid hormone to active thyroid hormone. I had come across countless case studies online about it making a huge difference and I needed my life back.

But just how did I go about getting it? This is where I embarked on a huge learning curve! I popped on down to my NHS GP and asked for NDT.

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