- adding armour 10th October 2002
... A quarter grain of Armour has 2.25mcg T3 and 9.5mcg T4. It is a good place ... reason you have a reaction, then skip a day of the Armour and drop it by 1/8 grain and settle at THAT dose for ... Small, slow changes are best. Also, splitting your Armour dose morning and afternoon, once you get more than...
- Synthroid causing weight gain? 8th October 2002
... BUT even better is switching to natural thyroid like Armour , which contains a nice amount of T3 to raise that...
... new holistic practitioner in Austin, and switch to Armour , but can't afford it right now....and I am just glad...
... And when and if you get to the point of switching to Armour , you will be getting T4 and T3, but you will also...
... I put the info beside it.
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Armour Thyroid - this is the natural one - from pigs - has...
- Tree Frog, I need your help please. 8th October 2002
... area that will even prescribe a natural thyroid like Armour Thyroid.
Thanks again for all your help.
Betty...
- ? antibodies results 3rd October 2002
... Hashimoto (neither from this forum).
I was on 1/2 grain Armour when this test was done.
Thanks...
... condition.
You don't mention how long you've been on the Armour , but perhaps a slightly higher dose would help. Selenium...
- anyone been on armour went back to synthyroid? 2nd October 2002
... Hi Glitterygrl,
I went on Armour , back to Levoxyl (T4), back to Armour, now on T3 alone ... .
Your doctor may have been undermedicating with Armour , which is common, since many docs are afraid of the ... T3 in it, or don't know how to adjust a dose to Armour .
Bloating is a symptom of being hypothyroid.
If your...
... possible the Dr could have been undermedicating me on the Armour . This Dr I am seeing now seems to know nothing about...
... I was on Armour for 1.5 years and my FT3 and FT4 got to the upper ... and have lost 8 pounds already. Something about the Armour made me retain water. What dosage of Synthroid are...
... Oh, one more thing. THe longer I stayed on Armour , my FT4 was declining. Not sure if the lower FT4...
... Levothyroxine [SIZE="1"](YUCK!!)[/SIZE], short stint on Armour , just Cytomel [SIZE="1"]([COLOR="Red"]love Cyt)[/SIZE ... ], Cytomel & Levoxyl combo, and back to Armour for the last year+. I'm still not OPTIMIZED on Armour ... m wondering if I wouldn't do GOOD ;) with A LOT of Armour along with some T4 med such as Levoxyl.
Have your ... T4's always been low on Armour ? Mine have, so I don't wonder if you'd do better with ... Armour & Synthroid?...
... 581294]I was just wondering if anyone here has been on Armour and decided to change back to synthyroid? I was taking ... Armour since October 2000 and since then gained weight. ... that now I can get back to my prior weight, being on Armour I felt like a balloon, always bloated up. Anyone ... Thanks.
Oh yeah. I was on as many as 3 grains of armour . Armour is not for everyone. Armour without synthetic ... healthy human body has a t4/t3 ratio of about 7-1. Armour --which is pig thyroid--has about double that ratio ... --a 4.2--1 ratio. So why don't the makers of armour add t4 to make it the right balance for humans? I ... rimentation, I've found I feel best on just a little bit of armour about 6-9mcgs a day. Why? I don't know, like I said ... it's a result of experimentation. Too much armour is bad news for me. No armour is even worse--much ... about balance. I have a friend who takes 6 grains of armour a day--to me that would be enough to kill an elephant ... he thrives on it. I have another friend who tried armour and said it made his mind feel very cloudy and he...
... A few weeks after I started Armour , I went back to Synthroid.
I couldn't tolerate the ... Armour .
Then I treated my adrenal insuffiiency & tried ... the Armour again.
I feel so much better on Armour (after 25+ years on Synthroid).
There is no one ... think is best for YOU. (Just make sure you are doing Armour the right way, if you try that).
There are several ... common mistakes doctors make when dosing Armour (that will give poor results).
Some people do...
... I tried armour at the beginning of the 2008 after being on synthroid ... straight back to synthroid and am too scared to try armour again. I am still suffering from that two months ... of armour .
I had changed hoping that the natural hormone would...
... I was on a combo of synthroid and armour for many years and was very happy. Then about a year ... ago, my body started rejecting the armour . Couldn't even tolerate it in the smallest doses...
... I have been on Armour for 2 years +. I have been on 3 Grain....my Doctor ... he told me.... If that helps any...... Oleander
Armour agreed with me from the start and I never had a side...
... go on a combo of 50-75 mcg's Levoxyl & 2 grains of Armour . Just want my 4's off the bottom rung of the ladder...
- Hey Guys! Any thoughts? 17th September 2002
... 40-5.50)
T4 5.0 (4.5-12.0)
T3 241 (230-420)
I am on Armour . We tried increasing the dose but it made me feel...
... feel hypo, but when I went on a higher does of the Armour (every other day) I was up for a month. It was awful...
... time.
Has your doctor considered supplementing your Armour with a little Synthroid, Unithroid or some other T4 ... T4 would help you without the discomfort that the Armour increase seemed to cause.
Maca can also help balance...
- Update - new blood work 9th September 2002
... synthetic T3/T4 med. Or taking a natural thyroid like Armour , which more closely resembles what your thyroid would...
- New here - ? about Hypo & depression - undertreatment? 29th August 2002
... needs.
So it sounds like a small increase of your Armour may help you feel better. Glad you avoided taking...
... he ordered another test. He also said he detests Armour Thyroid as a medication, and I got the impression ... currently taking, is the most common doseage of the Armour 's, and that if I have taken the same dose of 60 mg...
- What should I do? 23rd April 2002
... strongly and experientially recommend that you get on Armour natural thyroid, which more closely resembles what...
- How long before feeling better? 5th April 2002
... I noticed almost immediate improvement on Armour , but I chalak that up to the fact that T3 has an almost...
... care of my psychiatrist who is the one who prescribed Armour Thyroid in the first place.
Thanks again,
MonkeyBarSoup...
- Let's post our stories here. I will start with mine: 29th December 2000
... what?? When I switched to Natural Thyroid Hormones ( Armour ), every bit of the Exercise-induced Dysautonomia went...
... joined a Shoman email group, and made a switch to Armour , a natural thyroid hormone.
Amazingly, all my bizarre...
... dosage needs adjusting, etc. Right now I take 90 mcg of Armour Thyroid--60 mcg in the morning, 30 in the afternoon ... products and that actually works. For now, though, Armour Thyroid has proven to be a big help for me.
My best...
... internet and found that some people felt better on Armour who had my same symptoms. (Oddly enough, my 96 year ... old grandfather had been taking Armour for almost as long as it had been out. His doctor ... information. At one point I was told they didn't make Armour any more. I got a letter from Forest Phamaceuticals ... stopped him in his tracks and he agreed to try the Armour .
I got pregnant within a month of starting the Armour ... drew the last panel and agreed to let me up my own Armour dosage every couple of weeks based on how I feel....
... she gave me synthroid, and halleluya! Now I am on Armour and still trying to find the right dosage.
Mintchocolate...
... if they don't treat me I am going to order my own Armour thyroid from South of the border and go through an...
... some of your postings about t4 and t3 replacement and armour . I want to know what finally helped those of you...
... found this forum and found a doctor who prescribed Armour thyroid. I have been on the Armour for less than...
... it to get in. I'm really hoping that this switch to armour is the answer. Could use some support right now. ...
... seemed to be on the right track. They started me on 60 Armour , saw how good I looked and pushed it up to 120. For ... life. Then they did labs and dropped me from 120 Armour to a dose of 100mg of compounded t-3 and t-4---even ... weeks of this, they tell me to go back to the 120 of Armour .
Finally I found my old internist/endo in...
... adjusting the thyroid medicine. I thought I would give Armour a try, broke out in a rash, and was told I must be...
... Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroiditis. He's been on armour thyroid for 1 year. He's up to 4.25 grains. He has...
... not converting to T3 then I found out people taking armour have benefited alot from it because it has both. ... be starting residency. so he told me not to take armour cause it cause increase your antibodies sometimes...
... not converting to T3 then I found out people taking armour have benefited alot from it because it has both. ... be starting residency. so he told me not to take armour cause it cause increase your antibodies sometimes...
... sooooo not normal. About two years ago I read about Armour and talked my doc into letting me try it. I took...
- Information Archive 10th November 2000
... PATIENT HEALTH.
that said-here's what the chart says:
Armour - Thyrolar - Cytomel - Levothyroxine
1/4gr - 1/4...
... Synthroid, Thyrolar, Cytomel and natural meds like Armour .
Wrong answer: Synthroid only.
c. If I don...
... Regarding the relative strngths of Thyrolar and Armour , here's a chart that may be helpful to you. It is ... T3 + 100 T4 = T4 equivalency of 200 mcg
and so on
Armour : (all in mcg)
1/4 grain = 15mg = 2.25 T3 + 9.5 T4...
... switching you to a different type of medicine such as Armour or Naturethroid, etc.).
5) Supplements you should...
... an update of Treefrog's table of equivalencies for Armour , Thyrolar, T3-only meds, & T4-only meds.
It's the ... same, but includes the milligram equivalents of Armour grains:
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Armour® Thyroid Liotrix...
... Uptake or TSH.
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[*]If you are taking Armour (or any combination of T3 and T4) within 8 hours of...
- Messed up Metabolism...... need advice 13th June 2008
... Thyroid I take Synthroid...was just switched to it from Armour Thryroid about 6 weeks ago....had a blood draw thursday...
... thyroid issues, and am a qualified fitness trainer. Your armour thyoid SHOULD really help, but you need to re-train...
- Insulin Resistance - Metformin??? 25th October 2007
... T3 and T4 was a little low so he will have to up my Armour .......
My Magnesium is low so I am back on that...
- Too much food, not enough ?????????? 27th February 2005
... question, no, the thyroid meds such as synthroid, armour , levoxyl, are suppose to help regulate the thyroid...
- metabolism question ?? 14th September 2004
... Yep, I've been on armour thyroid for a few years now. And yes, I've been on...
- Those of you on phentermine... 16th June 2004
... lost about 8 lbs.
I am interested in knowing why armour is better than synthroid though. I've heard that from...
- Am I doing enough? 4th May 2004
... I have Hashimoto's Disease and currently take 60gr Armour . Which makes the whole losing weight thing even harder ... slowed and my numbers are up, my dr may increase my Armour dosage, and this may jump start the weight loss. Thanks...
- Depressed someone help !! please 21st November 2003
... feel best and can lose weight a little easier..with Armour thyroid. My doctor had told me that my thyroid was ... found out that it wasn't...so I asked to be put on Armour . After that, I cut out flour and very little sugar...
... You need to continue your meds. I too am taking Armour and I feel it is highly superior to the synthetic...
... recently asked my dr. to switch me from synthetic to armour . I eat barely 1200 calories a day, walk 3 to 4 miles ... Adkins rep, I decided to ask my doctor to switch me to Armour (we're still battling). The other poster is right...
- Thanksgiving Challenge 217! 28th October 2003
... professional huh.
is that synthetic? i never tried armour . chances are yre levels are low..... most drs wont...
- Thanksgiving Challenge 203! 26th October 2003
... synthetic drug and need something more natural like armour or some other brand....
... synthetic drug and need something more natural like armour or some other brand.
yea. im gonna see a new pcp next...
- summer weight loss challenge 4! 3rd June 2003
... you) yes, the chiro is in a way my knight in shining armour cuz i swear hes like the only person in that whole...
- Fruits and veggies 30th March 2003
... Have you looked into natural thyroid meds such as Armour ? Many people just don't do that well on Synthroid ... alone. Synthroid contains only the hormone T4. Armour contains both T4 and T3. Another option would be...
