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COVID-19: Booster Doses, Breakthrough Infections, Delta, and How they Connect

The Infectious Pharmacist

Is there any relationship between a person’s adverse reactions to the mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) and whether or not the vaccines “worked”? We now have good evidence comparing people with adverse reactions (e.g. Not to mention we have no easy way to measure cellular immunity. fatigue, headache, etc.)

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Low Dose Naltrexone and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

However, low doses of this medication (hence, low dose naltrexone or LDN), have been found to modulate the immune system and have shown promise in improving cases of autoimmune disease. These include Crohn’s, MS, and Hashimoto’s, as well as other immune system-related conditions such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. Doses of 1.5-4.5

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COVID-19: Booster Doses – Part 3

The Infectious Pharmacist

Because the booster dose appears to generate such a robust immune response (measured primarily by antibody concentration in the blood) that any differences at that point will be meaningless. In addition, the frequency and kind of adverse reactions (e.g. Oh, and if you don’t experience any adverse reactions, great!

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COVID-19: What to think of the J&J vaccine?

The Infectious Pharmacist

You don’t write me blogs… any moooooooore.”. I’d like to say it’s because I was on my first worldwide blog tour, but really it was just about being busy. <Cue > I have heard from several readers who said that my blog convinced them and their friends and family to get vaccinated. .> Cue Barbara Streisand!

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New Year, New Goals: 2024

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I can’t believe that it’s been over 10 years since I started the thyroidpharmacist.com blog in 2013, and now 2023 is almost over. I wrote a blog post and developed a free eBook for you about this – you can find the download link in the post.) Wow… do the years just fly by! Around this time of year, I tend to be very introspective.

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Controversy: Is Coffee Bad For Your Thyroid?

The Thyroid Pharmacist

If you love coffee, but have had an adverse reaction to the caffeine, trying decaf coffee may be an option. Their mushroom coffees combine 100 percent Arabica organic coffee with a variety of immunity-supporting mushrooms, including Reishi, to boost Secretory IgA levels (the respiratory and GI tracts’ first line of defense). [25]

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Common Hashimoto’s Patterns Seen in the GI-MAP Test

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I started speaking about the connection our stool testing showed between Blasto and Hashimoto’s in 2014, wrote a comprehensive blog about it in 2015, and shared my findings with my Thyroid Mastermind colleagues. This can allow the body’s immune system to attack the thyroid (or elsewhere) versus the infection. [17]