Originally Posted by caroline2 (Post 1152210)

Into my 2nd month on Inosine and Sphingolin that I'm taking for Nerve Damage from hip replacement. My right thigh is totally numb and had been burning and tingling for years and since on the above two I can say hardly anymore of the burn/tingle. So have to think these are helping with this damage.

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 1152373)

I would like to comment on that Sphingolin again....

Here is why I don't like the thought of this supplement:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post1144611-3.html

The Sphingolin seems iffy to me and too risky. The bovine sources are often not identifiable as having Mad Cow. I believe a young cow was recently found with the disease. The Prions are difficult to find, and impossible to kill (instruments used on patients for open head surgeries, are thrown away... because they cannot be sterilized). I myself would never take any bovine or other animal organ derived supplement.

I am not aware of any testing of bovine nervous tissue, for prions. I don't believe they exist. They elude sterilization techniques that are used on surgical instruments, and so those used by neurosurgery are discarded and charged to the patients.
Every once in a while you can see news articles of nvCJD passed to patients by wrongful reuse of instruments. nvCJD is the human name for prion disease.

Originally Posted by Patrick Winter (Post 1164081)

Would you say that a person taking Armour Thyroid should not be taking it? Understanding it is a FDA approved drug and not a supplement it is derived from pigs. Not being combative, just asking your thoughts. I know a lot of people with SFN would be willing to be lab rats at this point if there's even a small chance it will reverse the disease. People who have to take Armour Thyroid in many cases need it to simply survive because synthetic does not work for them.

Originally Posted by Patrick Winter (Post 1164081)

Would you say that a person taking Armour Thyroid should not be taking it? Understanding it is a FDA approved drug and not a supplement it is derived from pigs. Not being combative, just asking your thoughts. I know a lot of people with SFN would be willing to be lab rats at this point if there's even a small chance it will reverse the disease. People who have to take Armour Thyroid in many cases need it to simply survive because synthetic does not work for them.

Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 1164124)

If you do well on pig gland extracts, that is your choice.
In medicine not all things are totally "known". It is only after something happens that new ideas are considered. The future may hold new discoveries. In the world of insulin supplementation, both Beef and Pork insulin are history. That is just one example.

Here is one article about it:
http://www.endocrineweb.com/conditio...hypothyroidism

Thus, there is no 100% answer to your question at this time.

Originally Posted by caroline2 (Post 1169739)

I could write my own book on thyroid issues that I tried to get supported for about 10 yrs and because of the lab numbers, doctors told me I was fine. Not so, after 10 yrs of anti depressant drugs that the doctors gave me instead of thyroid I was able to throw those drugs away once my then D.O. called in for Armour in 2002 and the depression lifted in a few days....That was in 2002.

I tried so many different types of support and desiccated worked best for me.

In recent months the Armour product company was sold and prices for Armour went out of sight for me. So I was able to find NP Thyroid from the Stop The Thyroid Madness group and love this product, it's the generic for armour.

I have no issues with pig thyroid, only positive results. Synthetics made me so fatigued thinking back when endos wanted me to take syn product.

I've done well with Sphingolin for nerve damage from hip replacement surgery.