Losing weight
February 5, 2017 | 30,00 EUR | answered by Dr. med. Frauke Gehring
I am 65 years old and female. For years I have been taking L-Thyroxin Henning 75 every morning and L-Thyrox Hexal 50 on other mornings. Is it true that these can attack the heart or calcify the arteries, and is it true that I can forget about any attempt to lose weight (I weigh 76kg at a height of 1.55m)? Thank you in advance for your message and honest answer.
Good day
That is not true at all, and I wonder who told you such nonsense!
The hormones you are taking are normally produced by our thyroid gland. Your thyroid gland apparently cannot produce them enough, so you need to support it. These hormones make you alert and boost fat burning! This means that without them, you would become fatter and lazier.
They also do not naturally calcify the arteries. Only if you take too much of them (some people do this accidentally or to lose weight), you strain your heart.
Please trust your doctor.
Sincerely, Dr. Höllering
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