Is armour thyroid gluten free
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there is no "best medicine". Only thing that is important is to obtain the necessary blood levels of Free T4 and Free T3 in order to be symptom free and feeling well. This is different for everyone.
Also having whole, half, or no thyroid is really irrelevant. What matters is the thyroid level at the cellular level. Opimizing the dose to obtain that level which makes a person feel well is more art than science.
Actually i think there is a pretty well documented link between autoimmune thyroid disease and celiac/gluten, and more thyroid experts are now recommending gluten free diet for autoimmune thyroid patients, including Hashimoto's. here is some info i found:
Celiac Disease and Thyroid Disease
A significant number of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease also have celiac disease. The link between celiac disease and autoimmune thyroid disease is well established.
you should not take Armour Thyroid if you have ever had an allergic reaction to Armour Thyroid; your thyroid gland is overactive; or your adrenal glands are not making enough corticosteroid hormone". So I think your doctor knows what he is doing, you must wait for the other analyses/diagnosis. May be some people here had the same experience and can give some good advice.
The best measure of tissue thyroid is a Reverse T3 test along with a Free T3 test from the same blood draw. Reverse T3 is a mirror image molecule of T3 but it is biologically inactive. In excess amounts RT3 can block effects of Free T3, and cause hypometabolic symptoms.
In addition, cortisol is an antagonist of thyroid. Excess levels can block the effect of Free T3. Ferritin is also very important to a hypothyroid patient.
When already taking thyroid med, TSH is basically a useless test; however, both your Free T3 and free T4 are over their ranges. That is too much med. Many members say that hypo symptom relief required Free T3 in the upper part of its range and Free T4 at the middle of its range, at minimum. The objective of treatment is to relieve hypo symptoms, and get the patient to a euthyroid state, which means having neither hypo nor hyper symptoms.
So obviously your med needs to be decreased.
m being switched to Armour. 2 issues, one is that Armour has gluten in it. The other issue is my doctor cut the dosage in half because he says it's stronger. I don't run out of my current medication, Nature Thyroid, until tomorrow. I'm scared to death about the switch since it seems like it took a lifetime to get where I'm at. Has anyone made the switch? What should I expect?
If you have either of those (especially celiac), cheating on your diet could cause poor absorption of thyroid meds. Aside from that, gluten and dairy free diets have not been scientifically proven to improve Hashi's. The rule of thumb seems to be that if it makes you feel better, do it. If it doesn't, don't bother.
many people have tried going gluten free in hopes that it will help with thyroid. There is little evidence that it helps with thyroid specifically.
However many people report feeling better in general. So regardless of whether or not it helped specifically with thyroid, if they felt better then it was worth it.
From what I've been reading, it takes at LEAST 6 months of gluten free as a minimum before you may start to see the benefits if any.
I felt better for a couple of months, but about 3 months after I started Armour, I started gaining weight like crazy. I eat a very clean diet (gluten free, dairy free, sugar and alcohol free) of mostly veggies, fruits, and meat with some occasional gf grains. I started generally feeling puffy and my face puffed up. I've also been ridiculously bloated no matter what I eat and whether I eat. In January, my Armour was upped to 30 mg, then in March, to 45 mg, and recently, to 60 mg.
Not positive I am celiac, but one doctor said I have it and that thyroid issues can go hand and hand with that. Get rid of the Gluten and the thyroid heals. I do think adding all these the other nutrition is of great help too. Thank you !!
The labs you asked for :
TgAb <1 Range < or =1
Free T 4 1.3 Range 0.08-1.8 ng/dl
Free T 3 3.1 " " 2.3-4.
I have graves disease, which is hyperthyroidism. In the last 12 years, my thyroid as been up and down, I have also had to have two thyroid surgeries, now i am only left with a little piece.
Im glad the endo is giving T3. Starting of with a small dose and increasing gradually would be best. T3 is very powerful.
Yes i have adrenal problems too. I have a very low DHEA, plus i have had an high cortisol reading too.
The adrenals cause fatigue in a big way and it can be really debilitating.
I know this is old but was this ever resolved? In June 2015 I went from Tirosint to Naturethroid & went gluten free to try to get some weight loss. Within 10 days I had muscle twitch all over and started muscle pain ( or tendon pain maybe) in arms and legs and had cubital tunnel symptoms. I kept raising my dose and stuck with it until October. I switched back to Tirosint & my tsh of 10 in October went back to normal by December & frees are optimal but my symptoms persist. Thyroid?
Gluten and dairy give me horrible migraines, also my sister has fibro and she felt so much better now that she is on a gluten and dairy free diet. (Also has anyone checked your thyroid especially your free T3 levels because they are learning that T3 resistance can cause fibro. (If you need meds you could get Armour that is just hormone and I do not think there is any additives.) If you need T4 for thyroid the one med I have found I can take is Tirosint.
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