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"A brilliant book...Mary Shomon, as always, gives proven and practical advice and is over 20 years ahead of most doctors in understanding these problems."
~ Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, Medical Director of The Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Center, Author of Pain Free 1-2-3 and From Fatigued to Fantastic
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"In her usual caring style, Mary Shomon deciphers the complex interrelationship between thyroid hormone and the other endocrine hormones. Thyroid patients will be empowered by Mary's insightful explanations and well-founded advice. The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough offers thyroid patients the chance at optimal health they've been looking for."
~ Elaine Moore, MT (ASCP), CLS, author of Graves' Disease, A Practical Guide
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"Shomon challenges patients and their doctors to look deeper and try harder to resolve complicated symptoms..."
~ Los Angeles Times
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"Another tour de force from one of the premier thyroid educators in the U.S. -- a must read!"
~ Stephen Langer, MD, Private Practice Thyroid Medicine, Berkeley, CA, Author of Solved: The Riddle of Illness
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"[Mary Shomon has] a down-to-earth, patient-centered approach..."
~ Amazon.com
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SUPPLEMENTS AND PRODUCTS
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Recommended by Mary Shomon in The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough
PREGNANCY
Prenatal Vitamin With Iodine and Folic Acid
 If you are thinking of getting pregnant, actively trying, or you're pregnant, it's critical that you take a good quality prenatal vitamin that includes sufficient iodine (to support your thyroid) and folic acid ((to prevent neural tube defects.) You should start taking a prenatal vitamin at least several months before you try to get pregnant. Keep in mind, most prenatal vitamins include iron, so allow at least 3-4 hours apart from taking your thyroid medicine and your prenatal vitamin.
Order Enzymatic Therapy Doctor's Choice Prenatal Formula from Iherb.com now
Pregnancy Test
 
When you're trying to get pregnant, an accurate test is critical. If you're like me, you'll be testing all the time (!) so stock up. My favorite brand is the EPT test. They're over 99% accurate in laboratory tests, and you can test as early as the day you miss your period. (Although I tested positive -- correctly -- 4 days before I missed my period using an ept test!)
e.p.t. Pregnancy Test, Two tests, $16.89 from Drugstore.com
BREASTFEEDING PROBLEMS
Nursing Tea
 Yogi Tea has an excellent tea especially for nursing mothers. The caffeine free tea includes chamomile, fennel seed, stinging nettle leaf, anise seed, fenugreek seed, and lavender -- all herbs thought to help stimulate milk production.
Order Yogi Tea's Nursing Mom Tea from Iherb.com now
Fenugreek
 Fenugreek is an herb though to help stimulate milk production in a nursing mother. Nature's Way makes a good quality fenugreek supplement.
Order Now Foods Fenugreek from Iherb.com now
PERIMENOPAUSE/MENOPAUSE
Calcium
 Most of us need to take calcium, but usually they come in giant, chalky "horse" pills that are hard to swallow. That's why I love these calcium soft gels from Now Foods.
Order Now Foods' Calcium & Magnesium with Vitamin D and Zinc now from Iherb.com
DHEA
 Many of us can benefit from low-dose, pharmaceutical quality DHEA supplementation. The best on the market is Enzymatic Therapy's DHEA, which comes in a handy 5 mg dosage.
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Order Enzymatic Therapy DHEA now from Iherb.com
Personal Lubricant
 Vaginal dryness is a common complaint in the perimenopausal and menopausal years. A personal lubricant product like Astroglide can be a simple, drug-free solution.
Astroglide Personal Lubricant, from Drugstore.com
HAIR LOSS
Evening Primrose Oil
 One of the most effective supplements for hormonally-related hair loss in women is evening primrose oil. Now Foods makes a nice quality EPO at an easy-to-use dosage.
Order Source Naturals Evening Primrose Oil from Iherb.com 
Rogaine/Minoxidil
 This hair loss medication is now available without a prescription, and can help trigger regrowth in some women with hormonally-related hair loss.
Women's Rogaine Hair Regrowth Treatment, Original Formula, Unscented, 3 month supply, $48.99 from Drugstore.com
STRESS
Herbal Stress Support
 New Chapter, Supercritical Stress Advantage includes a number of stress-fighting herbs, including schizandra, ginseng, eleuthero, rhodiola, astragalus, ginger, and more...
Order New Chapter, Supercritical Stress Advantage from Iherb.com now
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