armour

[Guest guest]

Hi

Thank you so much for your reply, Sheila, it was really helpful.

You say it's not worth me persevering with NDT until I know what the problem is,

do you mean it's better for my body not to take any thyroid meds at all until

then?

To go through the list, I believe my adrenals are fine - I have been taking HC

for a year now and feel stable on it.

I have been tested negative for systemic candidiasis (thank goodness)

I have a few childhood amalgam fillings but I'm not sure how to tell if these

are causing me any problems?

Re: Iron - I'm a bit confused - I tend to take my iron supps just before bed but

it is a lot all in one go and I would rather split them up. Is it correct that I

can't take iron 4 hrs before or 4 hrs after my thyroid meds? Because splitting

my NDT into 2 doses I can't seem to fit the iron in?

Perhaps someone would be kind enough to comment on my recent blood tests

results:

B12 645 pg/mL (191-663)

Serum Magnesium 0.77 mmol/L (0.70-1.00)

Serum 25-Hydroxy vitamin D3 level 73 nmol/L (50-140) - I am supplementing

1000iu as this seems on the low side?

Serum caeruloplasmin 0.29 g/L (0.20-0.60)

Serum copper level 20.2 umol/L (11-22)

Serum folate OR 20 ng/mL (4.6-18.7) - I am taking folic acid from GP - should

I stop this now?

Zinc 9.9 (11-24) LOW - I have been prescribed Solvazinc 125mg x 1 tab by my GP

and have been taking this for approx 4 wks

I'm not sure I understand the following?

Serum sodium 141 mmol/L (137-145)

Serum potassium 3.6 mmol/L (3.5-5.1)

Serum urea level 5.5 mmol/L (2.5-7.5)

Serum creatine 76 umol/L (46-92)

GFR calculated abbreviated MDRD >60 mL/min/1.73m^2

I would really appreciate any comments, or help.

Thanks in anticipation

Liesha

.......................vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc. Get all of

> these checked by your GP and post the results here.

[Guest guest]

Hi all

I have been reading that armour is not as effective as it used to be. Does

anybody have have any information or experience of this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Vickyanne

[Guest guest]

, he went on to say that Armour is not tested properly , it is off animals and

we all know about BSE etc .

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What an idiot - Armour was used for over a hundred years before they developed

synthetic thyroxine and the only reason it hasn't been 'tested' properly is

because they didn't think it needed to be as it has been used for so long!!

and doesn't he know it comes from pigs not cows! How many pigs did you hear of

with BSE!!!!!!!!

Taking Armour has given me my brain back and that just wasn't happening with

thyroxine only!

How do I know this? Well Prof F told me the same thing - I told her I was well

aware of her views about Armour but she still tried to convince me so I

researched it!

sorry for the rant - it makes me really cross!!

Dawn

[Guest guest]

Frustrating!

 

I'm guessing you should either get another doc that's NDT friendly or send your current doc the tons of literature available from this sight that proves Armour is safe and effective.

 

Hang in there!

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:01 PM, blackdmac <de_mckinley@...> wrote:

 

, he went on to say that Armour is not tested properly , it is off animals and we all know about BSE etc

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[Guest guest]

Thank you very much for your replies , he was so convincing i also rang GP and

she said Armour would make know difference . They blamed a bad batch of

Levothyroxine and said the manufacturer would not own up too it . Anyway i have

had another blood test and i will post the results and get you guys to have a

look as im finding out so much from this brilliant forum . Best wishes Shirley

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> Frustrating!

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> I'm guessing you should either get another doc that's NDT friendly or send

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[Guest guest]

Interestingly Levo has been recalled more times for problems with quality that

Armour has.....

Glynis

They blamed a bad batch of Levothyroxine and said the manufacturer would not

own up too it . >

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