am going to order some amour how much should you get at first?

[Guest guest]

Can anyone tell me how much should i order i am currently on 100mcgs

of thyroxine a day. I am fed up with keep being told your in range

now. I feel it would be worth a try. Do I stop taking the thyroxine

and for how long should i stop taking it. I really do not want to go

down that road.

can anyone say which place they find is good for ordering from. Thanks

[Guest guest]

Carol,

I was on 150mcg thyroxine when I was first put on T3 by a doctor, I was told

to stop taking the thyroxine for three weeks. Then he started me on 10

(not sure if it is mcg or mc ut they come in a 20 dose so had to cut it in

half), for three days, if I was OK he then told me to take the other half at

lunch time.

This was done for another 3/4 days when he told me to take another half at

dinner time. Then all being well I started on a whole pill in the

morning, half lunch time and half in the evening. When my body had got

used to that we started to reintroduce the thyroxine a little at a time.

It took many weeks before I got to my right dose.

I ended up needing 100 mcg thyroxine and 2 T3 tablets one in the morning and

one at lunch time.

After about a year of taking the thyroxine and the T3 I decided I would

change to Armour as it has both the T4 and T3 in it. 100mcg of thyroxine

and 2 T3 tables worked out at 4 grains a day.

As the Armour contains both thyroxine and T3 then I think your thyroxine

only should be stopped completely for at least a couple of weeks and the

Armour should be introduced very gradually.

You might find that after introducing T3 you will not require as much

thyroxine and therefore Armour which equals 75mcg thyroxine (or less) would

be sufficient as you are having the T3 as well.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

>

> Carol,

>

> I was on 150mcg thyroxine when I was first put on T3 by a doctor, I

was told

> to stop taking the thyroxine for three weeks. Then he started me

on 10

> (not sure if it is mcg or mc ut they come in a 20 dose so had to cut

it in

> half), for three days, if I was OK he then told me to take the other

half at

> lunch time.

>

> This was done for another 3/4 days when he told me to take another

half at

> dinner time. Then all being well I started on a whole pill in the

> morning, half lunch time and half in the evening. When my body

had got

> used to that we started to reintroduce the thyroxine a little at a

time.

> It took many weeks before I got to my right dose.

>

> I ended up needing 100 mcg thyroxine and 2 T3 tablets one in the

morning and

> one at lunch time.

>

> After about a year of taking the thyroxine and the T3 I decided I would

> change to Armour as it has both the T4 and T3 in it. 100mcg of

thyroxine

> and 2 T3 tables worked out at 4 grains a day.

>

> As the Armour contains both thyroxine and T3 then I think your

thyroxine

> only should be stopped completely for at least a couple of weeks and

the

> Armour should be introduced very gradually.

>

> You might find that after introducing T3 you will not require as much

> thyroxine and therefore Armour which equals 75mcg thyroxine (or

less) would

> be sufficient as you are having the T3 as well.

>

> Lilian

>

Hi there Lillian

Thank you for your message, I shall stop taking my thyroxine from

tomorrow then and hope the amour gets here in a couple of weeks, I am

not sure how long it takes, it will come via airmail, I also insured

it as was worried it would get lost in the huge pile of mail there

will be at all the royal mail depots. I will check what to do when it

comes as I have a sieve of a memory. I am looking forward to trying it

and hope it makes me feel even better. Although I am not sure what it

will taste like. I plan to let it disolve in my mouth, hope I can.

Carol

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>> I shall stop taking my thyroxine from tomorrow <<<

Bearing in mind your order might be delayed because of the postal strike

here, it might not be wise to stop your thyroxine from tomorrow. It might

be better to wait until you have the Armour in your posession and then you

will know exactly where you stand.

How awful would it be if you have stopped the thyroxine but the Armour is

delayed in arriving.

>>> as was worried it would get lost in the huge pile of mail there will be

>>> at all the royal mail depots. <<<<

There will be even more now that the strike is on

>>>I am not sure what it will taste like.<<<

Not very pleasant in my view

>>>I plan to let it disolve in my mouth, hope I can.<<<

If put up on the gums between teeth and lip and let dissolve there, or under

the tongue there is no taste - except when it sort of wanders or you forget

it is there and suddenly find yourself chewing on something in your mouth.

Personally I swallow mine in the morning on an empty stomach with my BP

pills.

Lilian