The full range of thyroid-related disorders remains unrecognised.

TPA campaigns for better education in diagnostics and treatment and provides extensive support and guidance for all sufferers of thyroid disease.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

T3 or T4?
Natural or Synthetic?
Demystify the medical jargon

Latest TPA News

10/06/2013

Medical Negligence Within Endocrinology - Are YOU a Victim?

This paper, by Eric Pritchard M.Sc. (to be published shortly) proves that doctors who are denying the active hormone T3 to patients who need it - are practising outside of their scope. This is not only medical negligence, it is criminal negligence.

23/05/2013

UPDATED 13 June 2013:TPA Refutes Scurrilous Allegations

TPA refutes allegations made against Sheila Turner (founder/Chair) by Sandra Whyte, Marian Dyer and Lorraine Cleaver on their public Thyroid Petition Facebook Page.

18/02/2013

RCP's Refusal to listen

STOP PRESS: The RCP's refusal to enter into further discussion has consonance with the Mid-Staffordshire Hospital Enquiry.

08/02/2013

Straight from the Horses Mouth!

The Secretary of State for Health states doctors can use other thyroid hormones other than levothyroxine-only; they can prescribe unlicensed drugs; they can follow whatever guidelines they wish even if they are from another country.

05/12/2012

New Cause of Thyroid Hormone Deficiency Discovered

International researchers, including a team at McGill University, have discovered a new cause for thyroid hormone deficiency, or hypothyroidisTSAH

For Sufferers:

Has your “Get up and Go - Got up and Gone”?

If you’re fed up and frustrated with not finding answers to your questions - then this may be the most important thyroid web site you will find.

Are you wondering who pulled the plug on your life?

Is your doctor refusing to give you a diagnosis because your thyroid function blood tests are within the so called “normal” reference range

Are you suffering the symptoms and signs of hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism…then check out more information about this HERE

If you're not getting the help and support you need from your health care professional - please don't despair. We are very proud to have 5 qualified medical advisers + thousands of members, some of whom have exceptional experience in the field of thyroid disease. They will do whatever they can to help and support you. Now you have found us, you are no longer alone. The information and recommendations we give is free of any charge, and you will be made most welcome.

For Doctors:

Why won't my patients get better?

Doctors Anthony Toft and Geoffrey Beckett gave a pretty accurate response to this question almost 10 years ago, and it’s still as relevant today as it was then: “It is extraordinary that more than 100 years since the first description of the treatment of hypothyroidism and the current availability of refined diagnostic tests, debate is continuing about its diagnosis and management”. [Toft A, Beckett G, BMJ 2003 (8 Feb); 325:295-296].

The views of interested, informed outsiders on how we practice medicine in the NHS are noteworthy.

A GP on an exchange visit to the UK stated “In New Zealand, I see a depressed patient perhaps once in two weeks. In the UK, it seemed that every other patient displayed depressive features”.
Matthew Par, writing in the Spectator, 28 July “An eye opening day with a busy GP” made two penetrating observations: “I was deeply struck by how great a part anxiety and depression seem to play in the apparently medical conditions of those we saw” and “What I did not see much of was, in the fullest sense, diagnosis”. So
Do we, in the UK, have more than our fair share of depression?
Are we really not much good at diagnosis?

Are 1 and 2 connected? And should we be happy with labels such as ME, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Sub-Fertility, “Cholesterol”, etc, which do not inform diagnoses, when properly considered research might point to diagnosis?