Thanks, Mrs D,
I've been to my endo; he never heard anything about lipoic acid, and I forgot to bring the abstract. But I'm definitely hypo, so he adjusted me meds, hoping that all my fatigue is not due to the sinuses. I stopped the lipoic and will be interested in how my numbers respond. Maybe I was just taking too much.
On the carnitine issue: My serum carnitine is always low, so I'm taking supplements. Nothing has been prescribed by my doctors, who don't really understand carnitine, so I just take what seems like a reasonable amount, and ask them to repeat the test whenever I get blood drawn. It's been in range.
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Originally Posted by mrsd
you are taking high doses of the alpha form.
This is not a purified product and may have other actions in the body.
The R-lipoic does not have many or any papers that I can find on it.
The dose is much less too.
Let us know what you find.
Here is more information:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/a...oic-000285.htm
I suspect this thyroid issue would have appeared since Europe has used this for a LONG time.
Also recall that carnitine action is also confused in thyroid patients. (since carnitine prevents bone tear
down in hyper patients, some extrapolate to others, inaccurately.)
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