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Medical Treatment of Wilson's Temperature Syndrome (WT3 protocol)

Many people don't fully realize how badly they are feeling until they get better with the Wilson's T3 protocol . As a few doctors' patients have put it, "Now I remember what it feels like to be normal!" You can click here to read more about the results of the WT3 protocol.

You can click here to access a list of doctors that treat WTS (which is "standard of care" medicine).

WTS appears to be due to a bogging down of the thyroid system due to impaired T4 to T3 conversion. This bogging down of the thyroid system appears to be perpetuated by RT3 in the tissues, as well as perhaps other factors. Once the system is bogged down, it appears that backlogged raw thyroid hormone (T4) can also adversely compete with the active thyroid hormone (T3). Even though T4 is the source of T3, if it's not being converted well it can actually be a significant hindrance!

Wilson's T3 protocol is aimed at depleting RT3 levels in the tissues of the body, for a time. This is accomplished by reducing T4, its only source. T4 is reduced by reducing TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone). TSH is reduced by giving patients pure T3 directly.

When patients are given pure T3 directly, their bodies sense that they are getting enough thyroid stimulation so they reduce their own production of thyroid hormones.

The purpose of the treatment is not so much to give patients' thyroid glands a rest (although that does happen), as it is to clear T4 and RT3 out of the tissues so that their thyroid systems can get de-bogged, cleaned out, and reset. This appears to be what enables the patients' thyroid systems to function well on their own again. Wilson's T3 therapy does not need to be taken for life, rather usually only a few weeks or months.

Fortunately, if the T3 therapy is given properly, patients can often feel terrifically well even while their thyroid systems are on the way to recovery! The keys to the WT3 protocol are:

• The right kind of T3 medicine
• Given in the right way
• To provide a normal and steady body temperature during treatment so the patients can feel better with minimal side effects, if any.

"The right kind of thyroid medicine" means that T3 is best tolerated when well-prepared with a sustained release agent. The T3 is compounded (made by pharmacists) into capsules that are designed to be taken twice a day, every 12 hours, very much on time (not even a few minutes late). The T3 capsules must be prescribed by a doctor.

"Given in the right way" means that if Wilson's Temperature Treatment is not done properly patients can waste a lot of time and money (on visits and medicine) without even knowing it. We use the term Wilson's T3 protocol or WT3 protocol to distinguish our protocol from other ways doctors give T3 medicine.

Since Dr. Wilson began emphasizing the importance of T3 medicine over T4, many doctors have started using T3 medicine. However, achieving the benefits of T3 therapy is not just a matter of taking T3, but a matter of taking T3 properly. It's like driving a car. To get where you want to go, it's not just a matter of getting in the car and driving, but you must make the correct turns, at the correct times, and under the correct circumstances.

A lot of mistakes, frustration, guess work, worrying and perhaps even severe side effects can usually be easily avoided with good information.

You can make sure that you and your doctor are doing the treatment properly by making sure it adheres to the T3 treatment principles explained in the Doctor's Manual (it is also available here online for free). Education is the key. Reading the Doctor's Manual will enable you and your doctor to get the best results and quickest response at the least expense, by doing the treatment right the first time. It can't be done by guessing.

Just one area of ignorance could cost you a couple of months of medicine, money, and progress. And there are dozens of important principles and aspects you and your doctor need to know. The Wilson's T3 protocol is simple and very easy to understand as laid out step-by-step in the Doctor's Manual, but if you don't know how to do it, you don't know how to do it.

"I have seen many patients treated by doctors for Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome with poor results. Often, it appears that these patients have been treated with T3 in a way that's doesn't seem fully logical. The approach taken doesn't seem to reflect an understanding of known thyroid physiology and/or the principles outlined in the Doctor's Manual. In my experience, the results people experience clearly depend on the way the T3 is used.

Dr. Stephen Leighton
Winston-Salem, NC

What Can Go Wrong With the WT3 Protocol?

As with any treatment approach, there are some things that can go wrong. There are 4 components involved in the Wilson's T3 protocol:

1. Patients
2. Doctors
3. Pharmacists
4. The Treatment

Unfavorable things can happen in any one of these components.

• Patients might not take the treatment seriously, or may not have the ability to do the treatment carefully
• Doctors may say they know how to treat WTS, but their treatment may not go along with known thyroid physiology or the treatment principles fully explained in the Doctor's Manual.
• Pharmacists may not mix the medicine well enough
• And even if everyone does the treatment very well, patients can still sometimes have complaints

For example, the point of treatment is to improve the temperature and metabolism, so it's normal for the heart rate to increase. However it is prudent to not let it increase too much. Care should be taken not to allow the pulse rate to remain above 100 beats / minute, or more than about 20 beats / minute faster than before treatment. This should be considered a side effect and managed accordingly.

In addition, if patients don't respond very well to the treatment they may have some other underlying problems. For example, if patients don't tolerate the T3 therapy well, some doctors see that as a sign that the patient may need some adrenal support.

T3 is a powerful hormone. It can do a powerful amount of good when used properly, and a powerful amount of harm if used carelessly. It's not candy and it's not like any other thyroid medicine. It's the active form. That changes everything. When used carefully and wisely it can be extremely well tolerated and can make all the difference in the world.