Re: Re: Armour arrived

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Armour has 38 mcgs of T4 and 9 mcgs of T3. T3 has approximately 4x's the

immediate potency of T4. I was taking first 100 mcgs of Levoxyl, then

months before my conversion to Armour, 125 mcgs of Levoxyl. I am now,

however, taking 45 mcgs of Armour plus 50 mcgs a day of Eutirox (version of

Levoxyl), taken sublingually. The T4 I take at one time, in the evening,

with a 15 mg dose of Armour, then a 15 mg dose of Armour around 1 am (night

worker), then one 15 mg dose around 6-7 am, after I get home. That varies

only slightly, when I'm off work. In the conversion, it says to take the

mcgs of T4 in the Armour and add it to the potency of the T3 (4 x 9 mcgs= 36

mcgs). 38 + 36 = 74 mcgs, supposedly of equivolency to what you were

taking. However, I have found that I feel better taking less than I did of

the T4 alone. I tried upping the Armour more, but I had hyper symptoms, so

I brought it back down to where I spoke about. This is over a long period

of time (4 months), so, at this time, that's my appropriate dose. I just

found that, because of the immediate effect of the T3 in Armour (and

possibly the trace amts of other things in there), I just simply don't need

the dose that's supposed to be equivalent to what I was taking in the T4. I

haven't tested in 3-4 months, but I can bet that my tests are going to be

pretty much where they should be, unless the Free T4 is a little low,

possibly. If I'm feeling much better or good, it doesn't matter!

Tx

Re: Armour arrived

> Hi Carla:

> What were, if anything, you taking before you got the Armour? I was

> taking 50 mcgs. of synthroid and 25 mcgs. of cytomel before Armour

> so my doc prescribed 60 mgs. of Armour. He had to call a pharmacist

> for the conversion because he'd never rx'd Armour before. So, I

> started out at 60 mgs. and have been doing great; however, I have

> now started taking one half (30 mgs.) in the morning, sublingually,

> and then take the other half around noon.

>

> I highly recommend taking it under your tongue because this way you

> know you won't have any absorbtion problems because it gets straight

> into the bloodstream and doesn't have to pass thru your liver.

> Taking it this way, I started noticing slight differences within

> just a few days so this is the way I've always taken it.

>

> Good luck with it and I'll betcha you'll start noticing the

> difference within a few days! )

>

> {{hugs}}

> Debbie - in FL where it's a balmy 75 degrees and sunny! )