Until we know the answers to these questions, T3 therapy remains experimental therapy. T3 therapy can benefit some people, but harm others particularly elderly patients with other health problems. For example, T3 therapy can cause you to become hyperthyroid. It is also not recommended in people taking certain antide-pressants. Unfortunately, people anxious to receive promising new therapy may find themselves unwitting human subjects in medical research.
Informed consent is one way to guard against possible harms associated with xperimental therapies.
Informed consent means that when you are being given a treatment experimental or standard your doctor ought to be disclosing, first and foremost, whether the treatment is experimental or standard. Levine, R.J. Ethics and Regulation of Clinical Research. Ethical and Legal Issues of Including Women in Clinical Studies, Volume 1 . Rosenthal, M. Sara, The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women . Rosenthal, M. Sara, The Thyroid Sourcebook , 4th edition.