Comments on: What the recent Medco scandal is actually telling us–i.e. there’s more to this story

By: Lora

Lora — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:51:23 +0000

Hmm..everyone is all up in arms about the health care reform being another term for socialized medicine…..It’s here folks..and it’s been alive and well for some time in the hallowed chambers of the FDA! I struggled for almost 20 years with Drs telling me it was normal to gain 70 pounds in 3 months, have my hair falling out in clumps and needing more and more “depression meds”. My prayers were answered when I found a holistic female MD who started me on Armour and I got my life back.
A “reformulation”? ………. More likely a forced “modification” that would cause Armour to lose its effectiveness and ultimately line the pockets of both the Synthroid CEOS and the zealots at the FDA.100 years Armour has helped millions of people like me who need both T3 and T4..and now I am awake at night wondering what next life saving medication from a smaller lab will be sabotaged. Disgusting , unthinkable, and very likely to cause deaths. Nice.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:37:38 +0000

”Thyroid Tabs 1/2grain made by Time-Cap..”

they were probably ok you know, I think they have pulled the plug on those now too at the FDA, am I wrong?

By: Melody

Melody — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:40:26 +0000

I was involved with a Medco issue over Armour Thyroid in June and they sent me a substitute called simply, Thyroid Tabs 1/2grain made by Time-Cap, they said Armour is no longer being made. I found a Rite Aid that had some but when I called in a refill they said Forest labs has discontinued making Armour and will not make it in the future. After reading comments I don’t know what to do. My pharmacist said he could possibly round up a few more tabs but that’s it. He said you’ll have to take Synthroid, only option. I continue to have symptoms, but thought maybe I needed a higher dose, but did have some relief on Armour. I have suffered for about 18 yrs and my ob-gyn gave Armour a try in spite of a thyroid panel that said I was normal. What is the truth, no more Armour or is everyone uninformed. I don’t believe what medco says and when I questioned the formulary for the substitution, they were very rude.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:21:43 +0000

I too have called multiple drugstores in the Kansas City area only to find that Armour is unavailable at the quantities required. I contacted RLC Labs also and they said they are out of the product because of all of the former Armour patients switching to Nature-Throid and Westhroid. UGH!!! Finally, I was able to locate Armour at a drugstore 30 miles away. I also contacted Medco (the bums) and they told me there is a nationwide shortage of Armour. After 10 minutes on hold, the phone answering person had spoken with the pharmacist and told me “They are trying to get people to move to synthetic drugs instead.” I then told them that we had already tried that route for 12 years of suffering and I would look elsewhere for help. So…… they ARE trying to get everyone onto synthetic worthless medication.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:44:52 +0000

After calling about 20 different drugstore I was finally able to find a CVS Pharmacy that had some Nature-Throid left. It’s been very tough and frustrating finding it. I had to drive 45 minutes out of my area to get it at this CVS. Most of the drugstores I contacted never even heard Nature-Throid! All they know is Synthroid.

By: Holistic Doc

Holistic Doc — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:42:55 +0000

I just called RLC Labs and was told that Nature-Throid is on backorder for 90 days.

By: Dave Matthews

Dave Matthews — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:04:47 +0000

My mom was diagnosed with Hashimoto while she was pregnant with me and allowed her doctor to remove part of her thyroid.
She has experienced T4 only med symptoms since 1972 but thinks that this is normal.
My younger sister and I are both low-thyroid, but my sister believes the TSH bloodtest and is not taking any medications.
Is all this a coincidence – I believe not. My question is – I wonder if my mother having part of her thyroid taken out or having been diagnosed as having Hashimoto’s syndrome while she was pregnant with me – did that have an effect of me (or my younger sister)?

By: jiffy

jiffy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:04:17 +0000

The problem I’m having is that I am allergic to dairy. Nature thyroid has lactose in the inactive ingredients. Armour is the only one that I’ve been able to use without the allergic reactions (not lactose intolerant but a true allergy). So now I don’t know what to do since I can’t get anything. I’m totally out of my prescription and no-one seems to have an answer.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:09:45 +0000

If it weren’t for Armour thyroid my life would be over, I am the Mom of 5 very active children until I was put on Armour I could barely get out of bed after 12-14 hours of sleep, was so depressed I just didn’t care about anything, Not to mention all the other hosts of problems, In about 4 days after starting Armour back in 2006 I was feeling so normal It was amazing, Armour gave me my life back

Another part of my story is my 7 yr old daughter is also Hypo, she as DX at age 2 put on a T4 med only and dear god all kinds of problems starting arising, She had horrible behavior issues, didn’t feel pain,insomnia, tired, NO hair growing at all on head, arms, or legs, nails not growing, cold all the time, Low Basel Body Temp, I could keep going so from age 2-5 we had to deal with all this when I finally convinced a Dr to put her on Armour within 5 days things were changing she was becoming more like her younger sisters, She is still a handful but nothing like she was, Armour saved her life and is giving her quality of life, and I will fight tooth and nail to make sure we both stay Healthy. Doing whatever it is I have to do.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:58:36 +0000

I had the same problem with our local pharmacies either saying
‘never heard of Nature-Throid’ or ‘it’s on backorder and will be here in 2 days’. NOT! I called RLC Labs and they were kind enough to give me names & telephone numbers of pharmacies that purchased Nature-Throid directly from RLC. There were two pharmacies in our state of Alabama. I contacted the first one on the list (in Birmingham), asked if they had it in stock, they said YES! The pharmacy called my local pharmacy, got the prescription transferred and I received my prescription the very next day. My insurance does not cover Nature-Throid. It was so worth the phone call to RLC Labs. I have a six-month supply on hand. Can you see me doing my ‘I’ve got my dessicated thyroid meds Happy Dance’? Call RLC!