Comments on: Oops. Let’s not blow this out of proportion! http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/01/11/armour-and-the-fda/ Not just another Thyroid site Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Michael E. Doyle, MD http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/01/11/armour-and-the-fda/#comment-19300 Michael E. Doyle, MD Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:01:05 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/01/11/armour-and-the-fda/#comment-19300 Thanks for the great website. Please emphasize to your readers that the recall does not appear to have anything to do with potency. It looks like the FDA felt that the pills were too soft after six months on the shelf--this is very different than a problem with potency or dose consistency. I've also never seen this complaint from an actual patient taking Armour thyroid. See below excerpt from your link-- Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc has recalled Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets PRODUCT a) Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP), 4-grain b) Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP). 3-grain REASON Product failed disintegration specification at 6-months. Thanks for the great website.

Please emphasize to your readers that the recall does not appear to have anything to do with potency. It looks like the FDA felt that the pills were too soft after six months on the shelf–this is very different than a problem with potency or dose consistency. I’ve also never seen this complaint from an actual patient taking Armour thyroid. See below excerpt from your link–

Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc has recalled Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets
PRODUCT
a) Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP), 4-grain
b) Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP). 3-grain

REASON
Product failed disintegration specification at 6-months.

]]> By: Gail OConnell http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/01/11/armour-and-the-fda/#comment-19292 Gail OConnell Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:20:36 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/01/11/armour-and-the-fda/#comment-19292 Hello, and thank you SO much for your website! I can't even tell you the number of times I've check it. I always find a gem that I can use to help me to understand my condition and work "with" my doctor in helping me get well. I live in Thailand and need to get my thyroid medications brought to me from the US for six months at a time. Up until January, I was on a "generic" Amour, but in January, I started on the real one. (The prescription was filled last November) How can I find out if the meds I have are of the lot that was recalled? Do I need to contact my Pharmacy? (Yes) The reason I was checking the site out today is because since I have started Armour, some of my symptoms are returning. I am also looking at the possibility that it may be my adrenals too... Again, thank you for the wonderful website and all your hard work! Hello, and thank you SO much for your website! I can’t even tell you the number of times I’ve check it. I always find a gem that I can use to help me to understand my condition and work “with” my doctor in helping me get well.

I live in Thailand and need to get my thyroid medications brought to me from the US for six months at a time. Up until January, I was on a “generic” Amour, but in January, I started on the real one. (The prescription was filled last November) How can I find out if the meds I have are of the lot that was recalled? Do I need to contact my Pharmacy? (Yes)

The reason I was checking the site out today is because since I have started Armour, some of my symptoms are returning. I am also looking at the possibility that it may be my adrenals too…

Again, thank you for the wonderful website and all your hard work!

]]> By: Sharon Janos http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/01/11/armour-and-the-fda/#comment-19233 Sharon Janos Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:15:38 +0000 http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/2008/01/11/armour-and-the-fda/#comment-19233 Janie, Thanks so much for the website. I am a 48 year old female who had most of my thyroid removed in 1998. It literally took 6 years to regulate my levels and that only happened after hearing of armor thyroid. I found a great doctor who worked with me and I now take Levothyroxine and Armour together. I have just been diagnosed with severe anemia and was reading your site on Ferritin levels. Mine are virtually non existent and everything else is extremely low. Saw my great doc today and planned a course of action. I will be taking iron in increasing doses each week. Thanks again for getting the word out!!! Janie,

Thanks so much for the website. I am a 48 year old female who had most of my thyroid removed in 1998. It literally took 6 years to regulate my levels and that only happened after hearing of armor thyroid. I found a great doctor who worked with me and I now take Levothyroxine and Armour together. I have just been diagnosed with severe anemia and was reading your site on Ferritin levels. Mine are virtually non existent and everything else is extremely low. Saw my great doc today and planned a course of action. I will be taking iron in increasing doses each week. Thanks again for getting the word out!!!

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