I DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA IN MARCH, ABOUT THE TIME THAT I SWITCHED FROM
NATURENature-throid
Natures tears -THROID TO
ARMOURArmour thyroid.
CEPHALEXINCephalexin
Cephalexin monohydrate DIDN'T WORK,
CIPROCipro
Cipro hc
Cipro i.v.
Cipro xr WAS NEXT FOR THE USUAL COURSE. DIDN'T WORK SO
ZITHROMAXZithromax
Zithromax iv
Zithromax tri-pak
Zithromax z-pak WAS THE LAST AND WAS MORE
EFFECTIVEEffective strength cough syrup.
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?
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