armour thyroid with or without food

It depends on how you are taking the medication. If you are swallowing the Armour than taking it with a small meal ( breakfast snack ) is OK If you are taking Armour sublingually, then it doesn't matter ifyou take it with food or not. The stomach is not used this way and goes into the blood stream. If you are feeling the "highs" and "crashes" being on the medication, most likely it has to do with the way you are dosing it to yourself.

Hi all, I was wondering if someone could message me with a reliable source of Nature Thyroid or Armour without a Prescription. I've been taking Levo for many years and it's just not working for me. TSH is still out of range.

I picked up my new prescription yesterday and it was not Armour Thyroid it was something called NP Thyroid. I hate that changes are made without even talking to me about it. I don't know whether to object or try it. I do have a tiny bit of thyroid that has grown back. 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.

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.

Is there an alternative brand that is essentially the same thing that anyone can recommend to me?

I recently changed from Synthroid (past 22 years) to Armour (July 2013) after a heated discussion with my GP. "You won't feel any better," she declared as she wrote the prescription. Gee, thanks.... Comparing my January test results while on Synthroid with my current labs on Armour, I am puzzled. I hate to admit it, but after longing for it all these years, Is Armour the right med for me?

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 had read so much about getting on armour thyroid that I was glad when the new doc ordered armour. Now I have been reading about the new formulation and am wondering if I would do better with getting my levels up if I switched to the ERFA? Will my levels ever get where they need to be if I stay on the Armour? there is so much to consider here. It sounds like you can easily have your RX changed to a different pharmacy that would provide the ERFA. Has anyone done this?

I had a total thyroidectomy in June, 2003 with a Stage 1 papillary cancer. I had an initial treatment with radioactive iodiine and yearly scans since, with nary a sign of a thyroid cell anywhere. My doc has kept me on 175 mcg (I weigh 165 lbs., 57 y.o.) of Unithroid and has kept my TSH <.05 throughout. My 1/29/08 Free T4 was 2.1. My lab numbers (TSH, free T4) have been rock solid. Over the past year I have noticed very uncharacteristic signs of anxiety and insomnia.

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.

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.

Does itching occur with a slight increase in dose? Started when I went from 30 to 45 mg in am with the Armour? I was thinking it was the kind of hormone when I think now it is the increase in dose. Please help ...

Yes, your body must have thyroid hormone to function/thrive/survive. Since you were born without a thyroid gland, just as my daughter was, you must always take your thyroid hormone replacement. Does your doctor monitor your Free T3 level along with the Free T4? It is important to check this when on a synthetic t4 only medication, to make sure your body is converting enough of the t4(storage hormone) into the active t3 that your body must have to function well.

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"?

Synthroid until 5 years ago,(32yrs) when I switched to Armour. Has anyone else born without taken Armour or other NDT meds ? If so, how was your experience?

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.

Infections are common when a patient is hypothyroid. Are you sure your thyroid levels are adequate since having your thyroid removed? if you will post your thyroid related test results and reference ranges shown on the lab report we can better assess your status. Also, please tell us about any other symptoms you have.

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 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).

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!!!!

The really important question is what protocol are you following now that you have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Also, what about surgery? What about a naturopath or nutritionist in conjunction with your current doctors? Certainly wish you luck with this. Keep us posted. To TheCarMan-------thanks so much for the belly laugh! I needed that!

Most likely you will reach those levels with the Armour Thyroid. A good thyroid doctor will treat a hypo patient clinically by testing and adjusting Free T3 and Free T4 as necessary to relieve symptoms, without being constrained by resultant TSH levels. Symptom relief should be all important, not test results, and especially not TSH. So you need to expand testing to include Free T3. Free T3 is the most important because it largely regulates metabolism and many other body functions.

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