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allergic reaction to armour thyroid
by mary449, Jan 16, 2008 10:32PM
My 23 yr old daughter has never been allergic to anything, but was on synthroid for years...6 weeks ago her doctor switched her to Armour. After 3 weeks (12/5) her right eye was swollen shut...trip to ER and they put her on Allegra and eye drops in case of infection for five days then stopped. 10 days (12/15) later different ER but this time both eyes were swollen shut, hand and feel swollen, ears "on fire," throat closing, dizzy, very hard to breathe, body covered in hives, blood pressure dropping.....put on prednisone and Benadryl. Stopped Armour forever. Took prednisone for 5 days along with Benadryl then stopped as instructed. Since that time she continues to show signs of severe allergies to dust, mold, ( red itchy eyes that swell and itchy ears, nose congestion ) perfume and her skin lotion now give her hives. It looks like her body is now treating everything as an allergen. Could the Armour have triggered something in her immune system that is causing all these allergies to just appear out of no where. Please help....
Member Comments (3)
by mels39, Feb 24, 2008 11:25PM
To: mary
hi mary, I am going threw nearly the exact same thing right at the moment , and it is a bit scarey. Did you come up with an answer?
by leontic, Mar 03, 2008 11:54AM
To: mary449
I am going through a similar thing. I went on Armour Thyroid in September 2007. I immediately started getting headaches. I called the endicronologist and he told me to cut the dose in half. That took care of the headaches, but I then broke out in a rash on my arms and had severe joint pain in my ankles, knees, and hips. I just received a call from my Dermatologist that the biopsy he took on one of the spots on my arm shows an allergic reaction to something. I believe this all started with the Armour Thyroid. I am so beside myself with the pain in my joints and the rash that I could scream.
by helnel, Mar 18, 2008 07:22PM
To: all
I also was put in Spring of '07 on Armour and took it fine with no side effects for several month. As you probably know, the dose gets increased every so often until your Thyroid levels go back up. Once my dose was increased in the summer to 120 mg I broke out in this itchy rash, horrible. Anyway, at the same time I also had a kidney stone and received a muscle relaxer. Automatically, we (the doc and I) thought that I had an allergic reaction to the relaxer. After a shot of cordisone my troubles faded away. ... for about a month and one half. Then, because my regular doctor was on vacation, a PA saw me and treated me for mites. Yet, it still didn't go away. It got really bad, I felt like I wanted to rip my skin off. In december I was refered to a dermotologist in december and right away put on prednisone. I've been on that for about 3 month and can finally say I am healing again - and it looks like its going to stay gone. I am no longer taking Armour, was put on Levonyx instead. My levels are still low, but they say that the prednisone messes with the Thyroid levels. They also say, if you have diabetes in the family, it (prednisone) could bring out diabetes in you - so I checked my blood sugar occasionally.
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