Guest guest Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 My doctor prescribed me Armour as we talked abouit, and I went to pick it up today, and being with my 18 monthld who never stops, I just grabbed my prescrpition and left. So I get home, and read the label and it says " generic for Armour Thyroid " Mind you, the Generic for part was two font sizes small than the Armour Thyroid Figures. Anyhow, should I call back the pharmacist and get the brand name? I don't want to screw around with my meds, you know? THanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 Hi , Is this is your first prescription of thyroid? If so... the generic and Armour have the same formulation of T4 and T3 so there will be no difference in that department. They do have different fillers and it's possible they have different dissolve rates (I've not tried Armour, I take the generic). If you were on Armour before and this is a change in meds for you.. You'll want to watch closely for a couple of weeks to see if your body is adjusting to the other fillers, etc. okay... Some folks have problems changing between brands with any type of meds... They most likely substituted the generic because of the back orders on Armour. Production is catching up but some sizes are still is short supply. If you really feel that you want to go brand name, call the pharmacist and ask if you can exchange. Be aware, though, that if you've broken the seal on the bottle they most likely will not. I've been on the generic (the one made in Farmingdale, New York by Time Cap Labs) since July of last year and I'm doing great on it. Topper () *15 years post RAI, no thyroid function, self medicating with natural thyroid since July '02) On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:05:59 -0000 " " writes: > My doctor prescribed me Armour as we talked abouit, and I went to > pick it up today, and being with my 18 monthld who never stops, I > just grabbed my prescrpition and left. So I get home, and read the > label and it says " generic for Armour Thyroid " > Mind you, the Generic for part was two font sizes small than the > Armour Thyroid Figures. > Anyhow, should I call back the pharmacist and get the brand name? I > don't want to screw around with my meds, you know? > THanks! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 Topper, thanks so much!!! I was previously on Levoxyl, and I asked my doctor if I could use Armour instead, and he said it would be fine. Well, I am still new at this, this is only my 7 week on meds, and I am still learning, and with all that I read on Armour, I was ready for using that. I wa just so surprised when I saw that it was generic they gave me instead, and to be honset, I couldn't find any info on generic Armour, and was suddnely feeling that all I had prepared for was going down the drain, if you know what I mean. I mean, I like generic, becasue I can get three months worth of a prescription for the price of name brand, but as far as the medicine itself, I didn't know what to expect, etc. So I kind of freaked. Thanks for replying because now I am feeling more relaxed about the whole thing. I guess just as with taking the Armour instead of Levoxyl, Iam just going to hope for the best that it works, and there is not reactions or anything. Thanks again!! I am glad to hear you are doing ok on it!! > Hi , > > Is this is your first prescription of thyroid? If so... the generic and > Armour have the same formulation of T4 and T3 so there will be no > difference in that department. They do have different fillers and it's > possible they have different dissolve rates (I've not tried Armour, I > take the generic). > > If you were on Armour before and this is a change in meds for you.. > You'll want to watch closely for a couple of weeks to see if your body is > adjusting to the other fillers, etc. okay... Some folks have problems > changing between brands with any type of meds... > > They most likely substituted the generic because of the back orders on > Armour. Production is catching up but some sizes are still is short > supply. > > If you really feel that you want to go brand name, call the pharmacist > and ask if you can exchange. Be aware, though, that if you've broken the > seal on the bottle they most likely will not. > > I've been on the generic (the one made in Farmingdale, New York by Time > Cap Labs) since July of last year and I'm doing great on it. > > Topper () *15 years post RAI, no thyroid function, self medicating > with natural thyroid since July '02) > > On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:05:59 -0000 " " <pelebean@b...> writes: > > My doctor prescribed me Armour as we talked abouit, and I went to > > pick it up today, and being with my 18 monthld who never stops, I > > just grabbed my prescrpition and left. So I get home, and read the > > label and it says " generic for Armour Thyroid " > > Mind you, the Generic for part was two font sizes small than the > > Armour Thyroid Figures. > > Anyhow, should I call back the pharmacist and get the brand name? I > > don't want to screw around with my meds, you know? > > THanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 Glad to have eased your mind... We all have to do what we have to do when in comes to finances, but it sure helps to know that, in this, case, you're not giving up the goal to save the pocket! IMHO Topper () *15 years post RAI, no thyroid function, self-medicating on Natural thyroid since July '02* On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:28:31 -0000 " " writes: > Topper, thanks so much!!! > I was previously on Levoxyl, and I asked my doctor if I could use > Armour instead, and he said it would be fine. Well, I am still new > at this, this is only my 7 week on meds, and I am still learning, > and with all that I read on Armour, I was ready for using that. I > wa just so surprised when I saw that it was generic they gave me > instead, and to be honset, I couldn't find any info on generic > Armour, and was suddnely feeling that all I had prepared for was > going down the drain, if you know what I mean. > I mean, I like generic, becasue I can get three months worth of a > prescription for the price of name brand, but as far as the medicine > itself, I didn't know what to expect, etc. So I kind of freaked. > Thanks for replying because now I am feeling more relaxed about the > whole thing. I guess just as with taking the Armour instead of > Levoxyl, Iam just going to hope for the best that it works, and > there is not reactions or anything. > Thanks again!! I am glad to hear you are doing ok on it!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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