"The 10 Parathyroid Rules of Norman"

From: http://parathyroid.com/10_parathyroid_rules.htm

There are no drugs that will make parathyroid disease better….None.--Read More--

Nearly all parathyroid patients have symptoms; 95% know it--and feel bad. Most of the rest just don’t know it until the disease is fixed.--Read More--

Symptoms of parathyroid disease do NOT correlate with the level of calcium in the blood. Many patients with only slightly elevated calcium and parathyroid hormone will have BAD symptoms and develop severe osteoporosis.--Read More--

All patients with parathyroid disease have calcium levels and PTH levels that go up and down. Fluctuating levels of calcium are typical of parathyroid disease.--Read More--

All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. ALL.--Read more--

Taking Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, or Reclast (etc) will NOT help bones that are being attacked by a bad parathyroid. These osteoporosis drugs have no place in the treatment of parathyroid disease.--Read More--

Parathyroid disease will get worse with time in all patients. It will not stay the same, nor will it get better on its own.--Read More--

There is only one treatment for parathyroid disease (hyperparathyroidism): Surgery--Read More--

Nearly all parathyroid patients can be cured with a minimal operation. The days of big dangerous parathyroid surgery are gone (so don't let your surgeon perform one on you!).--Read More--

The success rate and complication rate for parathyroid surgery is VERY dependent upon the surgeon’s experience.--Read More--


Norman Parathyroid Center
2400 Cypress Glen Drive
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544
Phone: 813-972-0000
Fax: 813-972-0077
Remember, the operations are performed at the brand new Parathyroid Center @ Tampa General Hospital not at our office. Out of town patients do not come to the office, but meet the doctors on our dedicated floor of the hospital.