armour thyroid with food

Out of context this is confusing. I'm sure the lab results will answer your question in a short time. We can presume what he was thinking, which is merely a guess, and could be more confusing, or you can wait, which makes more sense. The outcome will be three things; raise med, lower, or stay the same. Not to worry.

Take Armour with food? No.................Never take Armour with food. It is to be taken on an empty stomach. If taken with food, T3 will dominate over T4 too much in your body. What reason did you hear/read that supports the statement "Armour is better with food"?

TT 9/13. Tried various does of Synthroid. Have been on Armour Thyroid for two weeks. I take 60 mg in the morning and 30 mg around mid day. Question is 1. do I need to take both of these daily pills at the exact same time each day or can I vary by 15 to 20 mins with no ill effects? 2. I can do the am dose and wait an hour to eat, no problem. But the 2nd dose is tricky........do I take on an empty stomach and wait or is it ok to take with lunch? Thanks for any help.

Because my doctor would not renew my meds until I came back in for tests, I went a month without my Armour Thyroid before the last tests, taking health food store thyroid glandular during that time. My doctor said my tests were off but they look pretty good to me. The T3 and T4 are within Range. The THS is way high. Is that a real factor when the T4 and T3 are good? Free T4(.80-1.80) . recent .88 last year .78 Free T3 ( 2.0-4.4) recent- 2.6 last year 2.4 TSH (.40-4.5) recent -12.73 last year 4.

Hi barb , thanks for your time , I read in a food book years ago that people with thyroid issues. , well their liver doesn't get rid of cholestrol the way it should. Iv been on all the statins , even ezetrol when all other statins fail ,I'm on a good diet and I work out well. After being in hospital last year with diverticulitis I fine tuned my diet. Will get more bloods done this week so I can compare cholestrol with test before taking armour and will let you know.

I have tried synthroid years ago and it didn't help at all, infact I was more tired, so I took myself off and haven't been on meds for years. I just started with a new GP and we spoke about armour thyroid meds, I have started, it has been about 1 1/2 weeks. Don't really feel a change yet. Wondering how other people feel about the armour and your experiences.

I have recently been diagnosed with hypo thyroid. I have been put on 30mg of armour thyroid medicine. I am overweight and have been trying to lose weight. Since I've been on this medicine, I have hunger pains constantly, can't get enough to eat. I have called my dr. Of course he says it's not the med. I don't know what to do. I have already put on 4 lbs in 7 days. What other meds should I look into. HELP!!!!

I would like to know is there any food that I need to avoid since I have thyroid cancer? This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/264741'>Food & Medicine intake</a>.

Can I take armour thyroid with food or must it be taken with an empty stomach? What would be the determining factor for prescribing armour thyroid vs synthroid (and maybe cytomel)? I appreciate your help very much. It seems like it has taken forever to get the right dosage and help.

Some people do great with a combo of the two and others like Armour which contains both and is a natural choice made from pig thyroid. I'm not sure if this is available where you are but worth a try. If you haven't tried anything beyond one type of med I hope you would consider trying the others- you may find one that will work great for you and finally give you relief from your symptoms including losing weight. I'm sorry about your child. Is the problem related to thyroid?

I read something similar on another thyroid board. But one person called a sales rep at Armour and they posted back that it wasn't true. So who knows, right! I personally don't have any experience with other NDT's but from memory of their posts some are on Naturethroid and Thyroid Gold. I am sure there are others...... This came from your pharmacist or the pharmacist assistant? Keep me updated!

Great info. Your 9am dose; on empty stomach or after food? 4pm; food on stomach? OR, is food intake irrelevant in your case. It seemed when I "played" around with this stuff time/dose wise, it was very dependent upon what time I took it and when I last ate. Any info is helpful at this point. Thanks so much for your response...

s the difference between OTC thyroid supplements and Armour? Are thyroids processed differently? I thought the thyroid itself is a gland, so how can the stuff in an OTC supplement be glandular but not contain much thyroid hormones?

I was diagnosed a week ago with hypothyroidism and have only been on the Armour Thyroid since this past Wednesday, so I'm new to this. For the last couple of days, I've been taking it sublingually rather than swallowing. I just read an article entitled "Should You Take Your Thyroid Hormone With Food vs. An Empty Stomach?" by Mary Shomon (Google to find it, since external links are apparently prohibited here).

If you are allergic to pork can you take Armour? I am on Tirosint, have been having trouble breathing and started bloating in the last few days. I feel like everyday is a nightmare instead of real life, and need a nap in between 3-5 in the afternoon. I am 6 weeks post TT surgery. I wash also having a novocane feeling in my throat and numb cheeks but that has decreased today, but feel like I'm having an allergy attack all day long.

Many people have had great luck if not better luck on Armour Thyroid. I understood this to be natural Thyroid but somehow pharmaceutical grade. While it is derived from pig thyroid, the variability I think seems less than many would fear. I'm not sure if "raw" Thyroid is OTC, but my understanding is that Armour Thyroid required a prescription.

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!

There is a new natural thyroid medication called NP thyroid that is almost the same ingredients as the original armour thyroid used to be before it went through two different formula changes. It is not supposed to cause some of the side effects that armour can cause.

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos a year ago. Put on Armour 30mg then bumped to 60mg, then I had to be taken down to 15mg because my body kept going into hyper state. In April my primary did some blood tests and had me stop the Armour and sent me to an endocronologist. TSH went from 5.85 to 1.55 in a month. Range 0.35-4.94 Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody 118.00 <9 I recently saw a rheumatologist, negative for lupus, sjogren's and ra.

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