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RE FORMULATED ARMOUR/CIPRO/VARIOUS SYMPTOMS
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RE FORMULATED ARMOUR/CIPRO/VARIOUS SYMPTOMS
by ISTHATAONE, Jul 08, 2009 10:05AM
I DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA IN MARCH, ABOUT THE TIME THAT I SWITCHED FROM NATURE -THROID TO ARMOUR. CEPHALEXIN DIDN'T WORK, CIPRO WAS NEXT FOR THE USUAL COURSE. DIDN'T WORK SO ZITHROMAX WAS THE LAST AND WAS MORE EFFECTIVE.
ABOUT THE SAME TIME MY ARRYTHMIAS( PVCS AND PACS) BECAME MORE PROMINENT AND AT TIMES MY HEART RATE WAS AS LOW AS 33.
( WITH LIGHTHEADEDNESS AND EXHAUSTION, MUCH LOUDER HEART SOUND EFFECTS ETC.)
LATER I READ THAT PATIENTS ON SYNTHROID HAD SHOWN PROBLEMS ABSORBING THEIR THYROID MEDS WHEN TAKING CIPRO.( BIG JUMPS IN TSH, INCREASED HYPOTHYROID SYMPTOMS ETC.)
I HAVE ALSO BEEN READING THAT MANY ARMOUR PATIENTS HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE NEW REFORMULATED ARMOUR.
AM NOW ON MY 5TH MONTH OF THE REFORMUATED ARMOUR, IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE I HAVE BEEN LOSING MORE HAIR THAN USUAL AND ITCHING ALL OVER MY BODY. ALSO INCREASED MUSCLE AND TENDON PAIN. DIFFICULTY REGULATING BODY TEMP.
QUESTIONS:
1.COULD THE ARRYTHMIAS/ BRADYCARDIA BE RELATED TO THE REFORMULATED ARMOUR?
2. WOULD CIPRO OR THE OTHER ANTIBIOTICS HAVE INTERFERED WITH ARMOUR ABSORPTION?
3. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DRUG INTERACTIONS THAT COULD BE A FACTOR IN ALL THIS?
ABOUT THE SAME TIME MY ARRYTHMIAS( PVCS AND PACS) BECAME MORE PROMINENT AND AT TIMES MY HEART RATE WAS AS LOW AS 33.
( WITH LIGHTHEADEDNESS AND EXHAUSTION, MUCH LOUDER HEART SOUND EFFECTS ETC.)
LATER I READ THAT PATIENTS ON SYNTHROID HAD SHOWN PROBLEMS ABSORBING THEIR THYROID MEDS WHEN TAKING CIPRO.( BIG JUMPS IN TSH, INCREASED HYPOTHYROID SYMPTOMS ETC.)
I HAVE ALSO BEEN READING THAT MANY ARMOUR PATIENTS HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE NEW REFORMULATED ARMOUR.
AM NOW ON MY 5TH MONTH OF THE REFORMUATED ARMOUR, IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE I HAVE BEEN LOSING MORE HAIR THAN USUAL AND ITCHING ALL OVER MY BODY. ALSO INCREASED MUSCLE AND TENDON PAIN. DIFFICULTY REGULATING BODY TEMP.
QUESTIONS:
1.COULD THE ARRYTHMIAS/ BRADYCARDIA BE RELATED TO THE REFORMULATED ARMOUR?
2. WOULD CIPRO OR THE OTHER ANTIBIOTICS HAVE INTERFERED WITH ARMOUR ABSORPTION?
3. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DRUG INTERACTIONS THAT COULD BE A FACTOR IN ALL THIS?
Age
:
66
Sex
:
Female
Weight
:
290
Current Medications
:
ARMOUR THYROID 3 GR
DICLOFENAC 150 MG
TRAZODONE 100 MG OR BENADRYL 50 MG. FOR SLEEP
ALSO TAKING CHROMIUM PIC 500
FLAX SEED OIL 2000 MG
MSM 2000 MG
MELATONIN 1 MG
DICLOFENAC 150 MG
TRAZODONE 100 MG OR BENADRYL 50 MG. FOR SLEEP
ALSO TAKING CHROMIUM PIC 500
FLAX SEED OIL 2000 MG
MSM 2000 MG
MELATONIN 1 MG
Drug Allergies
:
SYNTHROID
TETRACYCLINE
I USED TO ALSO BE ON LOPRESSOR, BUT WAS TAKEN OFF OF THAT BY THE CARDIOLOGIST, PENDING AN EXTENSIVE CARDIO WORKUP.( HOLTER, STRESS TEST, EVENT MONITOR, ECHO)
I ALSO DISCONTINUED GINKO SUPPLEMENTS, SINCE I READ THAT IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ARRYTHMIAS, AND SWITCHED FORM TRAZODONE TO BENADRYL FOR SLEEP FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. NONE OF THIS SEEMED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
TETRACYCLINE
I USED TO ALSO BE ON LOPRESSOR, BUT WAS TAKEN OFF OF THAT BY THE CARDIOLOGIST, PENDING AN EXTENSIVE CARDIO WORKUP.( HOLTER, STRESS TEST, EVENT MONITOR, ECHO)
I ALSO DISCONTINUED GINKO SUPPLEMENTS, SINCE I READ THAT IT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ARRYTHMIAS, AND SWITCHED FORM TRAZODONE TO BENADRYL FOR SLEEP FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. NONE OF THIS SEEMED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Medical Conditions
:
CFS/IBS/ FMS
THYROIDECTOMY 3 YEARS AGO
PARATHYROIDECTOMY 3 YEARS AGO
OSTEO ARTHRITIS
SPINAL STENOSIS
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT(PVCS AND PACS)
BRADYCARDIA
THYROIDECTOMY 3 YEARS AGO
PARATHYROIDECTOMY 3 YEARS AGO
OSTEO ARTHRITIS
SPINAL STENOSIS
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT(PVCS AND PACS)
BRADYCARDIA
Doctor's Answer
by Sandra Y, RPh, Jul 10, 2009 12:18PM
, Jul 10, 2009 12:18PM
1. Thyroid agents are cardiostimulatory and should be used with great caution in patients with preexisting cardiac disease, including uncontrolled hypertension and cardiac arrhythmias.
2. The antibiotics you listed do not interact with Armour Thyroid
3. Armour Thyroid has a narrow therapeutic index, and the dosage must be individualized. Chromium could potentially decrease the oral absorption of thyroid hormones. The hair loss may be due to taking Chromium since it's interfering with the Armour Thyroid.
2. The antibiotics you listed do not interact with Armour Thyroid
3. Armour Thyroid has a narrow therapeutic index, and the dosage must be individualized. Chromium could potentially decrease the oral absorption of thyroid hormones. The hair loss may be due to taking Chromium since it's interfering with the Armour Thyroid.
I TOOK CHROMIUM FOR MANY YEARS , BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER STARTING DESSICATED THYROID IN VARIOUS FORMS ( ARMOUR, NATURE-THROID, GENERIC).
THIS WAS TO HELP WITH ADVERSE EFFECTS OF EATING, ( IF TIRED, OR UNDER STRESS I FEEL HORRIBLE AFTER EATING)
AFTER STARTING DESSICATED THYROID MY HAIR STARTED TO FILL IN NOTICEABLY.... THIS WAS WHILE TAKING THE CHROMIUM PIC.
THEN RECENTLY I RAN OUT OF IT FOR A WHILE, SO DID NOT TAKE IT ALONG WITH THE NEW ARMOUR THYROID FORMULATION FOR A PERIOD.
HAIR FELL OUT AFTER THE NEW ARMOUR, WHETHER I TOOK CHROMIUM OR NOT!
THE MANY PVCS DITTO.
ALSO, I GOOGLED FOR REFERENCES TO CHROMIUM CAUSING ARRYTHMIAS. THE ONLY ONES I COULD FIND REFERRED TO RAPID HEART BEATS, NOT SLOW.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FOR ME TO READ?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17725434