Is anyone on Armour?

[tiredpuppy]

Is anyone in our group on Armour and if so are you good with it? What are pro's and con's of say Armour and or Synthoid etc.
I go to Endo on monday so I want to be intelligent about this...thanks
Lisa

PS got my stiches out today and my scar line is absolutely flawless... it will heal up great inspite of blowing the first stich set. Doc says my site looks good inspite of added trauma...

[teri34]

NORTH ALABAMA looking for a doctor who will treat with armour thyroid. can anyone help me please! I am having mild PVC's (heart palpitations). Taking synthroid 75 mcg & cytomel 2.5 mcg. please help. i am hypothyroid. My tsh is 1.5 dont know the others. i am hypo not hyper...So why heart palpitations!! have had stress test showed my heart was good so IDK

[teri34]

i live in North Alabama. can anyone help me find a doctor who will prescribe Armour? I have mild heart palpitations & wish they would go away. I am on 75mcg Synthroid & take 2.5 mcg cytomel in morning. please help me

[teri34]

Where is your doctor? I live in north Alabama. I need a doctor who will prescribe armour and adjust if need be.

[gimel]

I'd say that your doctor is either not well informed about Armour, or she has bought into the "T4 only" position of the AACE and ATA and others.   You mentioned that the Levo is working for you.  Is that based on how you feel (no symptoms) or on the TSH test?  Were other thyroid related tests done for you, like Free T3 and Free T4?  If so, would you please post those results and their reference ranges shown on the lab report so that we can see what levels are working for you.

If you haven't been tested for Free T3 and Free T4 (not the same as Total T3 and Total T4), then you should request that the Frees be done each time you go in for testing.  Those tests are much more reliable and reveal much more about thyroid status than TSH.

[Socrmom11]

I am not on Armour but my brother is. His endocrinologist decided to change him to it from synthroid b/c it makes the T4. So, when I was diagnosed I asked my doctor about the Armour and she wasn't really thrilled about it. When I asked why she said, "B/c it's not FDA regulated and is considered an herbal. " She didn't feel there had been enough testing done on it. IDK, but I do know that the Levothyroxine is working for me. 75 mcg. and my numbers are 1.75.

[gimel]

Armour is no longer in short supply.  There are other alternatives for a combo T4/T3 NDT med.  Those are Nature-Throid and Erfa, which comes from Canada.  I think the issue of inconsistency is propaganda put out by the Pharmaceutical companies that sell T4 meds.  I have never noticed anything I could relate to inconsistency.