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479481 tn?1219708409 Availability of Armour® Thyroid Forest Laboratories, Inc. has been working diligently to resolve the back order of Armour® Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP), and is pleased to announce that all doses of the product are now available and no longer on back order. Should you have any questions about Armour Thyroid, please call 1-866-927-3260. Statement from Forest Laboratories Re: Availability of Thyrolar: U.S.
Avatar f tn What are your current levels? If you have recent labs (with reference ranges) to post, it would be helpful. It's not unusual for levels to fluctuate over time or to need medication changes as the thyroid varies output as it "dies off". You do have to be sure your doctor is basing your dosages on actual thyroid hormone levels and not just TSH.
Avatar n tn I am one of those (rare?) people who do well on Armour thyroid. In many forums, people complain about it being useless since the reformulation and switch to Erfa. However, I briefly tried Erfa as well and did not like it; it tended to make me hyper and I had to multi-dose it, whereas Armour can be taken once in the morning without problems.
535882 tn?1396576685 week 4 on 2.75 compounded natural thyroid. got results back from endo tsh shot up to 5.74 , doctor increased dose up to the equilvelent of 200 armounr compounded or 3.33 grains natural compunded tyroid. still having muscle aches joint pain, tired. gained back another 6 pounds. . so hopefully this helps. doc thinks i've always been undermedicated. thanks original endo! . hopefully see improvements soon. all the other tests came out good. cortisol. dhea. testoterone, fsh and lh t4 freee.
803938 tn?1403748253 There is a shortage b/c patients on Armour are very upset over the reformulization of the drug. Since Feb 2009 when the new Armour came on the market - patients have been complaining to their doctors and directly to the Forest Pharmacutical company about how the new Armour is failing them after year of being thyroid optimal.
Avatar f tn Levoxyl was taken off the market in March, 2013. It's back on the market again as of March, 2014.
Avatar f tn Yes Anne is right and if you need information on how to get Amour please PM me - I am also working with the Coliation on keeping meds on the market.
Avatar f tn Many people feel much when taking both T-4 and T-3 and are low on T-3 as well. There are many T-4/T-3 drugs on the market. Armour, I believe is on backorder but not discontinued. But there are others such as Westhroid and Naturethroid available which I know you can get.I hope that help a little. Take care.
Avatar f tn i was on natural thyroid from Thailand but heard armour thyroid formula change back to how they used to have it. i have been taking the armour for 3 months and i feel aweful. is anyone else having these issues or should i just switch back to the thailand one?
Avatar m tn After going to this prestigious endo my GP swore by who took me off my Armour and put me on synthroid and cytomel he finally put me back on armour. Syntroid just made me feel sick and dizzy etc. I hope this is a better time around. Nothing seems to sastify my body but i did do the best on armour, so this endo who has never and wont prescribe armour said im a special case who he will give it to.haha.Cause if he he doesnt my GP will. lol.
Avatar m tn I was diagnosed with Hashi's in 2001 and on thyroxine until last year when I traveled abroad to find a doctor who would put me on Armour, cortisol, and other hormones. I've been doing OK on Armour (as long as I chew it up), but needed to go as high as 300 mg to eliminate all symptoms. I recently read about GTA Forte II that contains both zinc and selenium that my doctor wants me to take daily. So I decided to try it.
Avatar f tn I personally did not do well on a t3 only med or armour. I need a little reserve for my thyroid needs. T3 will give you what you need at that time but can wear off quickly. Once it wears off, if you have no t4, you will crash hard. SO you will have to take t3 every several hours and this can also effect your sleep pattern.
Avatar f tn Dr. Lupo: I have been on Armour Thyroid 15mg since Aug '08. All symptoms (fatigue/hairloss/muscle soreness/blurry vision/dizziness/feeling cold) stopped at first week of treatment but after that first week, I developed stomach inflammation (just had an endoscopy indicating inflammation consistent with daily aspirin intake). I do not take any aspirin or motrin, etc.. The only drug I take is Armour Thyroid. Is it possible to be react to Armour Thyroid in this way?
1401696 tn?1280838616 well a small solid nodule was found. Decided to go to an endo. which allowed to try the Armour, put me on 90 mg (1 1/2) grains....I switched from one day to another and it was ok, I started getting some feelings of hypo tired fatugue cranky? so began taking 1/4 grain more. I got worse. Three weeks later do my labs and my tsh is now .23.....my free t3 was a little high too. So it seems I am now Hyper with the armour. I stopped the 1/4 extra. The doctor told me to remain on 90 and retest.
Avatar f tn I'm currently on Armour for 3 weeks now and as I'm reading about the different NDT's that are available I like that WP Thyroid has only 2 fillers and is Hypo-allergenic. Is anyone on this med or have tried it and would you mind sharing what your thoughts about it are? I'm very interested in trying it I like that it has less fillers in it than Armour.
Avatar n tn I will call my doctor, but am wondering if this is a sign I am not taking enough Armour, or that I should go back to tirosint?
Avatar n tn Shortly after Armour thyroid came back on the market and I went back to my previous dosage of Armour which increased my Free T3, and in two days my acid reflux was gone. Is it possible that you are hypothyroid? Have look through this list of hypo symptoms and see if you do have some of them that might indicate hypothyroidism. If so, then you would need to get some testing done to confirm. http://thyroid.about.com/cs/basics_starthere/a/hypochecklist.
Avatar f tn Hi Everyone: I'm having a tough time phrasing this question without writing a very long post but here goes: I got a Hashi's dx 4 yrs. ago from high Tg and TPO ab's with normal thyroid function lab (TSH around 1.5). I was 46 y.o. and 2 yrs. post partum and got increased fatigue, hair loss and muscle fatigue when I weaned my son, then peri-menopause sx's too.
Avatar f tn ) I have asked about using either naturthyroid or armour thyroid and both my GP and specialist dismissed it as not safe because it is not FDA regulated.....
Avatar m tn I am surprised that the doctor started you on 2 grains of Armour Thyroid. I would have expected that you start on 1 grain for 4-5 weeks and then increase by maybe 1/2 grain, and then go back for new tests after 4 weeks or so. Also, Armour contains both T4 and T3. Since T3 acts so quickly, it is best to split the dose and take half in the morning and the other half in the early afternoon, in order to even out the effect.
Avatar n tn Has anyone had bad effects on Armour? I started a month ago(first time on thyroid meds) and initially felt great but then insomnia, heart palpitations started. I skipped my period. At first I lost weight and now I'm gaining weight even though I've weighed the same for most of my 48 years. I feel like I'm swelling and am very uncomfortable, like I'm going to pop out of my skin. Would love to hear from anyone who's experienced this or has any ideas??
Avatar f tn The over the counter supplements usually have a thyroid glandular product in them. There are many types of glandulars on the market. BUT the thyroid glandulars are not strong enough for actual thyroid disease....I know I tried them. They are considered a food supplement product and can be bought in health food stores. Unless they are getting thyroid meds from a different country or illegally......not good. Most likely they are talking about glandular products....
535882 tn?1396576685 I am still not right....and was about perfect when I had to go on Armour. 3+ weeks back on NP and still waiting...keep us up to date on how you're feeling in the future, thanks!
1369218 tn?1282423884 I have yet to find, after spending thousands, a doc that gets this whole thyroid mess! I also have a cyst on my thyroid that was discovered last year. It is under a centimeter so they are leaving it alone. I started feeling achey yesterday, so today I took a 150 mcg of Synthroid since I stopped the Cytomel. I just hope I do not go into hypo hell!!!
Avatar f tn I developed Vitiligo after going on Armour Thyroid although I don't think it was the Armour. When I was on Synthroid my T4 levels were good at 15. No one would keep me there after the "TSH" test came on the market. So I went on Armour to get the T3 I needed. As time has gone on the dr. keeps lowering my meds and I get more white spots with each lower level. I know they are related somehow because I went on Syn.