Armour thyroid one grain

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Avatar m tn From your symptoms and lab results it seems that you are still hypothyroid and need to increase your levels, mostly your Free T3. I am somewhat surprised at the range you listed for Free T4. That is much narrower than any I have ever seen. Please double check it. There is nothing magic about Armour Thyroid, compared to taking T4 and T3 separately. It is all about getting your Free T4 to the middle of the range, and adjusting Free T3 as necessary to relieve symptoms.
727481 tn?1231203771 Therefore, the conversion factors usually are one grain of NDT med is equivalent to somewhere between 75 and 100 mcg of T4. So your doctor gave you too much Armour. One grain would have been closer to your T4 dose. That said, it could well be that you ultimately need a larger dose than one grain to relieve hypo symptoms, but even if that is found correct, it would have been better to start with one grain and increase slowly, as needed.
Avatar m tn t feeling too good on 125 of Synthroid, I am not surprised that you feel worse on only one grain of Armour Thyroid. The Armour dose is a much lower equivalent dose than the Synthroid. Conversion tables shows that 100 mcg of T4 = 60mg (one grain of Armour) = 25 mcg of T3, which is very confusing because that means that 25 mcg of T3 equals 100 mcg of T4, or a ratio of 4 to 1.
Avatar f tn According to the info, one grain of Armour is about the equivalent of 75 mcg of Synthroid. If you have not been converting T4 to T3 very well, then the grain of Armour could actually have more effect than 75 mcg of Synthroid. So I think it is a good thing that you have started on a conservative dosage of Armour and your should plan to increase the dosage as necessary to relieve your symptoms. Symptom relief should be all important.
464790 tn?1255369345 There is Porcine thyroid and Bovine Thyroid so be careful before you take anything OTC.
798555 tn?1292787551 This generic was 65 mg per grain like Nature Throid, both have the same T4 and T3 amount per grain as old Armour. The extra 5mg must be non-active fillers ect, means nothing really. For any of you that switched, did you take the same amount of grains per day if taken with water? I take 2.5 grains two days and 2 grains the other 5 day per week of the generic. Just want to see some general opinions of how it worked for some of you.
519035 tn?1348275773 1 grain of Armour is equal to 80mcg of levothyroxin. 1 grain of armour is 60mg, so 1/2 grain (30mg) is equal to 40mcg levo. Therefore 90mg armour is equal to 100 mcg levo.
Avatar n tn Now in coverting to armour, should I take 1/2 grain or 3/4 grain? Also, how long will it take for levoxyl to be gone from my body and the armour to kick in by itself. I am sort of afraid to go through the hypo he// I've expereienced for 2 years now. Any ideas out there?
640719 tn?1277140030 pdf If you look at the table you will note that 100 mcg of synthetic T4 is supposed to be the equivalent of one grain (60 mg) of Armour Thyroid. Then you look further and it shows 100 mcg of T4 to be equivalent to 25 mcg of T3. This means that each mcg of T3 is equal to 4 mcg of T4. Since Armour Thyroid contains 39 mcg of T4 and 9 mcg of T3, if you convert the T3 to equivalent T4 (multiply by 4), then 39 plus (9 times 4) equals only 75, not the 100 shown in the table.
Avatar f tn Many doctors misunderstand and think that the equivalent dose of Armour is one grain (60 mg) for each 100 mcg of T4 med. Unfortunately that is incorrect. The real equivalent is one grain for each 70 mcg of T4, so your new dosage is a reduction, when you needed an increase and I expect that you also need to raise your Free T3 level. So you need to talk to the doctor about getting tested for Free T3, and make sure they do that every time you go in for tests.
5059986 tn?1363079912 I have had an underactive thyroid for fifteen years now and NEVER felt well on the synthetic drug thyroxine, so last year to my surprise my doctor let me try Armour, she prescribed 1/2 grain.
Avatar m tn My wife is still trying to get optimized dose of Armour. Currently on 1.5 grain (90 mg) total for the day. She takes 60 mg in the morning and the remaining 30 mg in the afternoon. Her FT3 is at the very bottom of the range. 2.77 (2.77-5.27) FT4 we are still awaiting. But last test 6 weeks ago prior to a 60 grain increase in armour was FT4=0.55 (0.78-2.19) which is obviously below range. Now to my testosterone question.
Avatar n tn How much does 90mg or 1 1/2 grain of Armour translate to how much of T3 or T4. The doctor decided to switch me to Armour for a month to see if my symptoms alleviate more. I been on on 75 synthroid and 15 cytomel ( split into twice a day) . Not sure if 1 1/2 grain is enough or too much.
Avatar n tn If one would switch from Synthroid to Armour thyroid, What is the amount of armour to the amount of synthroid one is taking. Is there a formula to use to get the dosage.
487969 tn?1249313291 OK now the next steps to take. A couple of points I would like to go to. 1 Armour may help in the swelling - it did for me - but don't assume overnight - It took a couple of months. 2 Nodule- I have one too. I have read over and over some good some not about thyroid medication shrinking nodules. It may work. ... may not. BUT I do know that suppressed TSH will keep the cancer at bay IF there IS cancer.
Avatar f tn 1 grain armour (60mgs) = 100mcg levo, 1 1/2 grain armour (90mgs) = 150mcg levo, 2 grains armour (120mgs) = 200 mcg levo. These are approx, but you will probably end up on more armour than the conversion shows. Now.......you shouldn't start out too high of dosage either. That T3 will hit your system hard if you take too much to start. Usual start dosage is 60mgs. At top right hand area of this page you will find where it says health pages, go there, then find the armour information.
Avatar n tn everyone else knows by now that Armour Thyroid Meds were RECALLED 2021 due to LOW POTENCY. Which explains why all of us taking Armour experienced sudden HYPOthyroid symptoms & ill health effects. I highly recommend people sign up for FDA Food & Drug Recall emails on their website, to be informed of such events. Do not rely on your pharmacy or Dr notifying you of any medication recalls! (Mine certainly did NOT notify me & I only found out after suffering terribly for over 6 months!
2033435 tn?1329943508 Yes, RT3 can be high without thyroid meds. There are only two ways that our bodies can get rid of excess T4: convert it to T3 or convert it to RT3. RT3 wasn't put there just to torture us ! LOL It does have a function in real life. For example more T4 is converted to RT3 in times of trauma, some diseases, starvation, etc. You can see where it might be beneficial to survival to lower metabolism at those times, and that's what higher levels of RT3 do (by keeping T3 levels lower).
Avatar f tn Just started taking one grain of Armour for low thyroid. Also started red yeast rice and dish oil for high bad cholesterol. Having heartburn and don't know if it's from Armour, red yeast rice and fish oil or all of the above. I take Armour first thing in the morning. Any help would be appreciated.
Avatar m tn 150mcg is about equal to the grain dosage of Armour you are on but it is lacking the T3 - Armour has. We have a ratio scale here in our Health Pages on the Armour ratios - vs- synthetics you can read. Usually someone that takes a desiccated thyroid at 90 mg and is about to change to syntheic will look at a dosage of T4 Synthroid at .112mcg and then add Cytomel T3 with the Synthroid at about 10mcg. That is pretty close to the ratios you are use to with Armour.
Avatar f tn 1 grain Armour = 60mg. Armour is made up at compounding pharmacies and is not covered under the PBS. Only by prescription. Google: compounding pharmacy Melbourne.
535882 tn?1396576685 anyone feel better off the reformulated Armour. i started compound pharmacy thyroid this week due to shortage of Armour /natural thyroid this week. so far . heart paps have stopped. weird energy in chest calmed down. sleeping better. feeling more normal. better and better. . any ones expeirence this?
Avatar m tn I began with 60mg of armour (1 grain), and stopped taking the T4 med completely. 3 weeks afterwards, the results were (no improvement with symptoms) - TSH - 0.34 (0.55 - 4.78) FT3 - 4.57 (3.5 - 6.5); which is 42% of the range. FT4 - 11.12 (10.3 - 19.7); which is 8% of the range. Raised to 90mg of armour (1.5 grain). 2 weeks afterwards, the results are (again, no symptom improvement) - TSH - 0.05 FT3 - 5.34 ; 61% of range. FT4 - 10.53 ; 4% of range.
Avatar f tn It took 1 grain more of the Naturethroid (3 grains = 195mg) (1 grain at 4 hour intervals 3 times per day) to get the same results symptom wise and blood wise as the old good Armour (2 grains=120mg). ( 1 grain taken twice per day at 5 hour intervals). My daughter was born without a thyroid gland and weighs 120 lbs. 1 year ago at 100 lbs. she was on 100 mcg of Synthroid but was always too low on her t3 level on this medication (conversion issue).