http://www.ei-resource.org/ 2514-460 http://www.ei-resource.org/treatment-%11-medications/thyroid-medication/desiccated-thyroid-%11-thyroid-extract-(armour,-naturethroid,-westhroid)/ I feel great on compounded version of armour but it gives me hives, I wanted to let folks know that there is a down side to it and not everyone can take it. I am very upset I am allergic to it. I have changed the filler 3 times so it is not the filler. ]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:45:32 +0000 2514-354 http://www.ei-resource.org/treatment-%11-medications/thyroid-medication/desiccated-thyroid-%11-thyroid-extract-(armour,-naturethroid,-westhroid)/ What wonderful stuff after just a few days I could feel me coming back even though the endocrinologist said I would have a placebo effect. I never felt well not even for one day on the other stuff. Read my full story on the blogs! I have been on Armour now since the 21st March 2009 and still feel great and I have lost over a stone in weight! However just as I am feeling great I get this awful, totally devastating E-mail bulleting from Mary! They have changed the formula of Armour and it's making people ill, not working as good, apparently the new tablets are crumbly! I could cry I feel so well and they are taking my health away from me God dam Forrest Laboratories! But life is forever an adventure and may be I will now have to look for an alternative, at least I know to stay away from the black hole they call Levothyroxine. Don't be scared to take a chance, just remember it's no chance if you don't take it! Denise Belgacem ]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:22:47 +0100 2514-318 http://www.ei-resource.org/treatment-%11-medications/thyroid-medication/desiccated-thyroid-%11-thyroid-extract-(armour,-naturethroid,-westhroid)/ I tried Armour thyroid after having no success with thyroxine. I suspected it would be more effective given that it includes the full range of thyroid hormones. Unlike conventional thyroid medications (e.g. levothyroxine) which only contain thyroxine (T4) Armour also contains 9mcg T3 along with 38mcg T4 per 60mg tablet (referred to as one 'grain'). T3 is the active hormone which communicates the message to the cells. One reason people prefer to use desiccated thyroid extracts like Armour is because they don't respond to T4 alone. One possible reason being an inability to convert T4 to T3 in the body. I suspected this might be the case with me given nutritional deficiencies (particularly selenium). I only took Armour for around 6 weeks but found the results were a little disappointing. I did notice an improvement in mental alertness and energy where there had been none with thyroxine medication but I had expected more. I started with 60mg (1 grain) for 2 weeks then increased this to 120mg (2 grains) for a further 4 weeks. It's likely I may have needed to be on Armour for longer and made more dose adjustments but I certainly didn't respond to the treatment as I had expected. I know a lot of others do do very well so individuality certainly plays a role. I did much better on T3 medication (Cytomel) so please see that review. ]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:02:56 +0000