SHIT. The poor guy! My friend Blue describes advancing hyperthyroid as being like "a rabid turtle."
Okay, big human problem with hyperthyroidism is the constant diarhea and hyperdefecation flushes all nutrients from the system, including Carnitine, which is the nutrient self-produced by anything made of meat. Go cross-reference "carnitine" and "Graves Disease" and you will find recent human studies showing near-miraculous degrees of symptom relief after taking large doses of carnitine for about three weeks. (I am experiencing this myself right now.) New theory is that most of the big-gun symptoms of hyperthyroidism, including the heart strain, are actually *secondary* symptoms resulting from a nutrient domino-effect that happens once the body's carnitine levels are depleted.
It's very hard for a body to absorb carnitine (because we are not supposed to absorb it, we are supposed to make it.) Aecytl-L-Carnitine is the most easily absorbed form. BestVite has been the most affordable source by a mile.
Is that enough to be worth running by your vet? I hope it is.
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SHIT. The poor guy! My friend Blue describes advancing hyperthyroid as being like "a rabid turtle."
Okay, big human problem with hyperthyroidism is the constant diarhea and hyperdefecation flushes all nutrients from the system, including Carnitine, which is the nutrient self-produced by anything made of meat. Go cross-reference "carnitine" and "Graves Disease" and you will find recent human studies showing near-miraculous degrees of symptom relief after taking large doses of carnitine for about three weeks. (I am experiencing this myself right now.) New theory is that most of the big-gun symptoms of hyperthyroidism, including the heart strain, are actually *secondary* symptoms resulting from a nutrient domino-effect that happens once the body's carnitine levels are depleted.
It's very hard for a body to absorb carnitine (because we are not supposed to absorb it, we are supposed to make it.) Aecytl-L-Carnitine is the most easily absorbed form. BestVite has been the most affordable source by a mile.
Is that enough to be worth running by your vet? I hope it is.