Here is the yahoo iodine group http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/iodine/. Gets lots of traffic. You can get some insight there. Check out iodoral http://www.amazon.com/OPTIMOX-Iodoral-90-tabs/dp/B000WG3FU4 at Amazon for some reviews. Some like to take Lugol’s solution. Some take porcine thyroid (Armour) not the synthetic. The idea is not all people have sensitive thyroids. But if you do it might be your iodine intake by your thyroid is crowded out by chlorine and fluorides. One cheap test is to take Lugol’s and see if you feel better and you begin to feel like you can get by with less synthroid.
Lugol’s is cheap— http://cgi.ebay.com/Lugols-solution-4-fl-oz-2-2-iodine-/320494213873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4a9ef19af1
Many take high dose iodine till they feel better then drop back to a lower maintenance dose. Like I posted...I do filter out chlorine and fluorides. I take Lugol’s.
I asked a pharmacist about doctors issuing twice-the-dosage tablets with instructions to cut them in half to help people save on prescription costs. She said that was fine, but what if you're a little old lady who might forget and accidentally take a whole pill? I asked her, 1) do I look like a little old lady? and, 2) wouldn't an intelligent person, which a doctor is expected to be, be able to decide if the patient was smart enough to follow directions? I mention this as I'm going to try it on my doctor to help me get out of their gouging tactic of only issuing me a 3 month prescription and forcing me to pay for 4 office visits a year, plus bloodwork (done in-office), instead of just once a year. I hear he'll be vacationing in Aruba this year...