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Went to my local Walgreens today to refill my Armour and was told they no longer carry it. I called all around town and could not find it anywhere. The Walgreens lady claimed the company was not going to make it any more. Whats up with that? I have been on 90 mg for a month and feeling better. So much for that!
Think the Big pharma are trying to push to synthetics which IMO may not be that bad if proper combination of t4 and t3 are used correctly. I also notice that people that are on armour and glandulars tend to have a lower ft4 and after a long time start to have some symptoms start to return and never get ft4 to match ft3 levels. I see so may people that are on armour and have a good ft3, total t4 and total t3 but ft4 is at bottom range. As DR. M pointed out that this can cause problems with peoples conversion in the brain since t4 is a resevoir of t4. I am actually looking into thyrolar which since it is not a glandular may prove to be a better because the body may not convert t4 to t3 at such a rapid rate altering some peoples emotional status. This may be the number one reason why armour gives good numbers and people still feel not right, but do feel better.
@hardasnails1973 1534 wrote:
Think the Big pharma are trying to push to synthetics which IMO may not be that bad if proper combination of t4 and t3 are used correctly. I also notice that people that are on armour and glandulars tend to have a lower ft4 and after a long time start to have some symptoms start to return and never get ft4 to match ft3 levels. I see so may people that are on armour and have a good ft3, total t4 and total t3 but ft4 is at bottom range. As DR. M pointed out that this can cause problems with peoples conversion in the brain since t4 is a resevoir of t4. I am actually looking into thyrolar which since it is not a glandular may prove to be a better because the body may not convert t4 to t3 at such a rapid rate altering some peoples emotional status. This may be the number one reason why armour gives good numbers and people still feel not right, but do feel better.
Won’t work. Heres a recent statement from Forrest Labs on their website about Thyrolar:Statement from Forest Laboratories Re: Availability of Thyrolar:
U.S. Pharmacopeia, an official public standards–setting authority for all prescription and over–the–counter medicines and other health care products manufactured or sold in the United States, has mandated new specifications for the manufacturing of Thyrolar. As a result, all strengths of Thyrolar are currently on long-term back order while Forest makes the modifications necessary to meet these new specifications.
Forest is working diligently to complete these modifications. In the meantime, patients should speak with their physician regarding appropriate treatment for their condition, and check for future updates on the availability of Thyrolar through the Forest product availability toll-free hotline at (866) 927-3260.
I’m also told Westhyroid and Nature-Throid are also on long-term backorder. Anyone have any suggestions for those of us who want a natural thyroid product?
Not sure if we are allowed to provide commercial links or not but there is a Canadian Pharmacy that is still listing Armour thyroid in stock as of today (only some sizes though).
You can get the details by checking out the Save Natural Thyroid facebook campaign site. Some people on there are also listing compounding pharmacies that can make up the natural product…
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Natural-Thyroid/121680434089As Mebigusmall says, some people like Thyroid-S from Thailand although I read that some people who are gluten-sensitive are not getting on with it.
Erfa thyroid from Canada is another option but if you are in the States, then you have to find a compliant doctor who is willing to fill in some complicated FDA form about importing for ‘experimental use’. Outside of the US it is easy to get with just a prescription.
Here is in a nutshell
Forrest labs produces other drugs which FDA found false document of claim. Since armour was before FDA they can not touch it directly, but when the company has problems with other drugs now the FDA can also investigate the whole line. forrest changed the formula thinking it was going to help absorption but in reality it made it worse lowering it by 1/3 or more. With the demand of NT they can not keep up with it, but have made changes so that in another 2-3 weeks they will be back at full par. If you want NT goto lef.pharmacy it will be back there in about 2 weeks.
@hardasnails1973 1781 wrote:
Here is in a nutshell
If you want NT goto lef.pharmacy it will be back there in about 2 weeks.
Sorry for my ignorance, however, you mention NT at lefpaharmacy. What is NT?
@dano 1782 wrote:
Sorry for my ignorance, however, you mention NT at lefpaharmacy. What is NT?
I took it to mean Natural Thyroid.
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