Comments on: Two topics: Let’s talk iodine, plus a UK lab will analyze Armour, says Sheila of TPA-UK!

By: ellen weir

ellen weir — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:39:52 +0000

Forest Labs called me and said they changed Nothing but those two fillers…I took the original for 20 years and did fine, until it became impossible to get. Tried synthroid with T3, Naturethroid(for one month), and back to Armour. It still feels better for me than the others, but I am nervous because many people feel it works for awhile, and then doesn’t. Something sounds fishy. ellen

By: LinStev

LinStev — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:35:50 +0000

Who can we all contact to really address our outrage and concern about this very serious life issue, I did very poorly with synthroid. I was diagnosed in 1982 with Hashimoto thyroid and have been around and around trying to get well. I got Lyme disease and Babesia in 2000, at the same time I was going through menopause.….the best I ever felt was with “original” armour thyroid. I am currently taking Naturthroid.….don’t feel as well.…and am not sure about future availability?????.……To what crisis with the past Armour is the government responding????? We may be doomed if proper action is not taken to protect our source of t3/t4.…..T3/T4 friendly doctors Please tell us what to do?

(From Janie: desiccated thyroid is right now reappearing on shelves. Hang tight.)

By: liz

liz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:10:47 +0000

Armour will not go back on the market anyway, so you can save the money.…
According to someone at the facebook group who spoke to Forest, they changed the ration of microcrystalline cellulose vs dextrose around.
The microcrystaline cellulose is known for allergic reactions in patients.
Now it is 47,5 mg cellulose and 2,5 mg dextrose, whereas it was the other way around before.
Thyroid from Canada by erfa is like the old Armour.
The history is the same, formulation the same, as they were the same medicine long time ago, and then Parke-Davis sold it in the U.S but demanded that Armour did not have any rights for marketing abroad whatsoever, and Thyroid in Canada by Parke-Davis had rights outside the U.S.
That is why Forest never applied for registration in Europe, they simply had no rights to market outside the U.S.
Maybe Erfa will file a NDA in the U.S. in two years.

(From Janie: Actually, Armour is already making it back to the shelves. Unfortunately, it’s the reformulated version which is not working for most.)

By: kendra

kendra — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:35:15 +0000

About the research project, it would be interesting but dont we already know the new ingredients? more Cellulose and absence of sugar? Will the test evaluate WHY it doesnt work? If this is the case it’s a very important research project for the future of all Natural Thyroid drugs. Shouldnt Forrest fork over some cash for this research that they themselves should be doing? I never want to have this sort of reformulation problem again, it has caused my body much grief!

By: Dave Matthews

Dave Matthews — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:26:22 +0000

So it is great that they are going to analyze the differences between new and old Armour Thyroid — but medco cancelled its availability, and the local pharamcies blame the swine flu in Egypt (execution of over 3k pigs) for the non-availability for at LEAST 8 months of any all natural product.… so where does that leave us?

(From Janie: don’t believe everything you read or hear. Desiccated thyroid is right now making its way back to pharmacy shelves. And here are options you can also use during the shortages: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/options-for-thyroid-treatment )