Posted by Phillipa on July 15, 2009, at 23:29:45
In reply to Re: Attn: Larry Hoover or other biochemists » FourFeathers, posted by bleauberry on July 15, 2009, at 20:40:01
Just an Added note on armour thyroid. Phillipa
from Mary Shomon
Dear Readers, Those of you on Armour Thyroid who are having trouble with the new formulation are definitely not alone. After posting last week's Readers Respond request, we've had more than 100 thyroid patients share their stories about their experiences with the newly reformulated Armour Thyroid. If you're having trouble with Armour, you'll want to read this. Also, for those of you who have decided to give up on Forest Labs, due to their constant back orders, supply problems, and now the reformulation issue, I have some up-to-the-minute information on how to switch over to the other prescription natural desiccated thyroid drugs, Nature-Throid and Westhroid. Is your pharmacy saying that those drugs "aren't available anymore?" If they are, they're wrong, and I have the info for you. Please keep your stories, information and input coming, as we weather the latest crisis in dealing with thyroid drug manufacturers. Live well, Mary
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I had an opportunity to talk at length this week with both Rick Cox, the CEO of RLC Labs -- the company that makes natural desiccated thyroid drugs Nature-Throid and Westhroid -- and RLC's Chief Science Officer, Dai Jinn. So if you're on Armour, and want to switch to Nature-Throid or Westhroid, find out about availability, equivalence between the drugs, and how to make the switch.More Topics
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Some thyroid patients are still not aware that during the spring of 2009, the natural desiccated thyroid drug, Armour Thyroid apparently underwent a reformulation. This resulted in a decrease in the amount of dextrose, an increase in the cellulose, and the addition of cornstarch to the tablets. Since that time, an increasing number of patients and doctors are reporting a variety of symptoms, problems, TSH changes and more, due to this new Armour formula. Find out more about the thyroid symptoms some patients are experiencing with the reformulated Armour.
Readers Respond: Armour Reformulation Problems
Last week I put out the call for input from thyroid patients who had thoughts about the reformulated Armour Thyroid. And just in one week, more than 100 of you have shared your experiences -- negative and positive -- with the reformulated Armour Thyroid. There are a number of themes that are coming through, in terms of symptoms and issues patients are having, so if you're on Armour and don't feel well, read through and see if you recognize any of your own symptoms here!
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Varying strengths of Armour Thyroid and Thyrolar -- both products made by Forest Labs -- have been unavailable, on back-order, and going through mysterious "production delays" for more than two years and counting. At present, supplies of Armour are still not fully available. What's going on?
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