Re: Doubling meds and corn syrup

[Guest guest]

There is NO corn syrup in Armour! here are a list of the ingredients in it:

NEW FORMULATION (post-1996)Thyroid Powder USPAnhydrous DextroseMicrocrystalline CelluloseSodium Starch Glycolate NFCalcium Stearate NFOpadry White (titanium dioxide)

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[Guest guest]

Dear --

The eagerness of my dear local endo to help me be well faster led

to a similar situation. My TSH wasn't as high as yours, but the

doctor kept increasing my dose every two weeks until I got very, very,

very ill. Increasing your dose too quickly is asking for

unnecessary trouble.

And trust me, I KNOW how bad a person can feel. You

just want something to ease the symptoms. But, I've run into a

few people on other networks who upped their dosage by themselves

simply because they were impatient to lose weight. That

INFURIATES me.

Best wishes--

Courtenay.

Just

wanted to drop my two cents in here about the corn syrup controversy.

The new doc I saw last week says he doesn't prescribe Armour anymore

because some of his patients have had allergic reactions to the corn

syrup used to coat Armour tablets. He wasn't concerned about the

sugar content but the corn, which so many people are allergic

to. Apparently, they have also used cornstarch as a filler from

time to time. You know how the drug companies love to tink with

their recipes!

Also, I

had a very severe reaction when I was first started on thyroid meds

years ago, and I later figured out it was because they had started me

on too high a dosage. My TSH went from 42 to 3 in less than six

weeks, and I ended up in the hospital thinking I was having a heart

attack. I had tachycardia, palpitations, sweating, etc.

Not pretty and not fun. Of course, at the time, they just shook

their heads and shrugged and said they didn't know what was wrong with

me because my TSH was " normal! " Moral of the story:

Increase meds s-l-o-w-l-y!

[Guest guest]

Dear --

The eagerness of my dear local endo to help me be well faster led

to a similar situation. My TSH wasn't as high as yours, but the

doctor kept increasing my dose every two weeks until I got very, very,

very ill. Increasing your dose too quickly is asking for

unnecessary trouble.

And trust me, I KNOW how bad a person can feel. You

just want something to ease the symptoms. But, I've run into a

few people on other networks who upped their dosage by themselves

simply because they were impatient to lose weight. That

INFURIATES me.

Best wishes--

Courtenay.

Just

wanted to drop my two cents in here about the corn syrup controversy.

The new doc I saw last week says he doesn't prescribe Armour anymore

because some of his patients have had allergic reactions to the corn

syrup used to coat Armour tablets. He wasn't concerned about the

sugar content but the corn, which so many people are allergic

to. Apparently, they have also used cornstarch as a filler from

time to time. You know how the drug companies love to tink with

their recipes!

Also, I

had a very severe reaction when I was first started on thyroid meds

years ago, and I later figured out it was because they had started me

on too high a dosage. My TSH went from 42 to 3 in less than six

weeks, and I ended up in the hospital thinking I was having a heart

attack. I had tachycardia, palpitations, sweating, etc.

Not pretty and not fun. Of course, at the time, they just shook

their heads and shrugged and said they didn't know what was wrong with

me because my TSH was " normal! " Moral of the story:

Increase meds s-l-o-w-l-y!

[Guest guest]

Dear --

The eagerness of my dear local endo to help me be well faster led

to a similar situation. My TSH wasn't as high as yours, but the

doctor kept increasing my dose every two weeks until I got very, very,

very ill. Increasing your dose too quickly is asking for

unnecessary trouble.

And trust me, I KNOW how bad a person can feel. You

just want something to ease the symptoms. But, I've run into a

few people on other networks who upped their dosage by themselves

simply because they were impatient to lose weight. That

INFURIATES me.

Best wishes--

Courtenay.

Just

wanted to drop my two cents in here about the corn syrup controversy.

The new doc I saw last week says he doesn't prescribe Armour anymore

because some of his patients have had allergic reactions to the corn

syrup used to coat Armour tablets. He wasn't concerned about the

sugar content but the corn, which so many people are allergic

to. Apparently, they have also used cornstarch as a filler from

time to time. You know how the drug companies love to tink with

their recipes!

Also, I

had a very severe reaction when I was first started on thyroid meds

years ago, and I later figured out it was because they had started me

on too high a dosage. My TSH went from 42 to 3 in less than six

weeks, and I ended up in the hospital thinking I was having a heart

attack. I had tachycardia, palpitations, sweating, etc.

Not pretty and not fun. Of course, at the time, they just shook

their heads and shrugged and said they didn't know what was wrong with

me because my TSH was " normal! " Moral of the story:

Increase meds s-l-o-w-l-y!