I need to know

[bode34]

I need to know why I am gaining weight instead of losing weight on the med. armour thyroid?  I also would like to know the symtoms of thyroid, and I would also like to know about the drug aromour thyroid...like what it does to you and the side effects?

[Mark Lupo, M.D.]

you may be right - - but most overweight people do not have a thyroid problem.  Hypothyroid patients need adequate thyroid hormone replacement - otherwise diet/exercise efforts are indeed more difficult.  More research on thyroid hormone action and metabolism is underway, but new treatments/medications are not yet available.

[klassylady25]

I keep hearing that fact that thyroid and weight gain are not related... I think that you, in the medical field, REALLY need to start taking this seriously.  I, too, have been gaining weight since having my thyroid taken out.  1996 - 125mcg thyroxin daily.

There is a link, you're (being the medical field) is just not seeing it.  

[stella5349]

It is a sensible connection. Metabolism controls weight. If you are slow you gain - High lose. Thyroid hormone controls metabolism so hense if your meds are not balanced your weight and energy to control the weight will change. Being a patient from Hyper storm to almost Hypo coma my weight has changed alot. Amougst other things. I find IBS and acid reflux an issue too. Low - IBS / High - acid. Hormones and metabolic rate changes in a monthly cycle even in non thyroid patients. Diseased thyroid patients have even a harder time controlling those changes each month especially at a hypo rate due to equally portions of meds each day. Has the medical field examined a patients weekly and view blood panels to see these changes? Some may need a variable med dosage through the month for optimal health.

[Mark Lupo, M.D.]

Most weight gain is not thyroid related - even in thyroid patients.  Armour is one way of treating hypothyroidism - it can be over-stimulating and some patients get anxiety, palpitations and tremors particularly if the dose is too high.

Hypothyroidism has many sympotms - would go to the following link to read more

http://www.aace.com/pub/thyroidbrochures/pdfs/Hypothyroidism.pdf