synthroid with armour ???

[susbob]

I have been on synthroid .125mcq for 8 years.  Recently I began experiecing symtoms of being tired and sleepy with muscle aches, so my doctor added Armour 60mg along with my synthroid.  How does Armour work with Synthroid?  Why both together?  Are there any side effects?

[cartouch]

A related discussion, thyroid was started.

[Mark Lupo, M.D.]

Now you are taking the equivalent of roughly 0.225mg of synthroid -- that's a pretty big increase all at once -- perhaps the labs indicated that you were very hypothyroid even on a good dose (0.125mg) and this is why the dose was increased like this.  Some people do okay on combo synthroid and armour, I usually use synthroid and cytomel combo if I am interested in combination T4/T3 therapy.  Side effects -- effects of excessive thyroid hormone, such as palpitations, tremors, anxiety, insomnia, etc.