Guest guest Posted December 21, 2003 Report Share Posted December 21, 2003 Hi EveryOne, Does anyone know the number of grains of Armour that would be considered a full replacement dose for someone who has no thyroid. I know it varies from person to person the actual amount they need for various reasons but I still would find it helpful to know what is considered a full replacement dose. Thanks for any info:-)) Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev Thyroid-Adrenal Connection: Information and Resources http://www.bestweb.net/~om/thyroid Pure n' Natural Skin Care http://www.om.lbrionline.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2003 Report Share Posted December 21, 2003 >>>>Hi EveryOne, Does anyone know the number of grains of Armour that would be considered a full replacement dose for someone who has no thyroid. Dear Bev I have been told by my doc that 300 mg's or 5 grains is considered the amount for replacement dose. I am 360 mgs or 6 grains daily and I still have my thyroid...so yes...it is an individual thing. : ) Patti Full Replacement Dose? Hi EveryOne, Does anyone know the number of grains of Armour that would be considered a full replacement dose for someone who has no thyroid. I know it varies from person to person the actual amount they need for various reasons but I still would find it helpful to know what is considered a full replacement dose. Thanks for any info:-)) Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev Thyroid-Adrenal Connection: Information and Resources http://www.bestweb.net/~om/thyroid Pure n' Natural Skin Care http://www.om.lbrionline.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2003 Report Share Posted December 21, 2003 > Does anyone know the number of grains of Armour that would be >considered a full replacement dose for someone who has no thyroid. I probably have something on this in my gargantuous volume of saved files, but can't locate it for the moment. But I did know of someone who had no thyroid, and her optimal dose of T4 was 250 mcg. And if she tried to go higher, she got palps. Now according the the Armour chart, that would be 2 1/2 grains. Yet, I have found that a person usually needs more than the conversion chart states. So in this case, if she switched to Armour, she might find her dose to be 3 grains. And the palps could be because of other issues that she would need to address. And once she did, she might find a higher dose to be optimal. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2003 Report Share Posted December 21, 2003 > Does anyone know the number of grains of Armour that would be >considered a full replacement dose for someone who has no thyroid. I probably have something on this in my gargantuous volume of saved files, but can't locate it for the moment. But I did know of someone who had no thyroid, and her optimal dose of T4 was 250 mcg. And if she tried to go higher, she got palps. Now according the the Armour chart, that would be 2 1/2 grains. Yet, I have found that a person usually needs more than the conversion chart states. So in this case, if she switched to Armour, she might find her dose to be 3 grains. And the palps could be because of other issues that she would need to address. And once she did, she might find a higher dose to be optimal. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2003 Report Share Posted December 21, 2003 > Does anyone know the number of grains of Armour that would be >considered a full replacement dose for someone who has no thyroid. I probably have something on this in my gargantuous volume of saved files, but can't locate it for the moment. But I did know of someone who had no thyroid, and her optimal dose of T4 was 250 mcg. And if she tried to go higher, she got palps. Now according the the Armour chart, that would be 2 1/2 grains. Yet, I have found that a person usually needs more than the conversion chart states. So in this case, if she switched to Armour, she might find her dose to be 3 grains. And the palps could be because of other issues that she would need to address. And once she did, she might find a higher dose to be optimal. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 I can also see another question not quite stated---why do healthy folks have a TSH of 1.5ish and feel great, yet we don't feel great (or we aren't we rid of all symptoms) until we get our TSH below one. Perhaps some of the answer is in the amount of T3 we are getting in Armour. It's supposed to be a higher ratio than our own thyroids would be giving us (80/20 vs. 93/7, T4 to T3). Thus, the higher " direct " T3 could be driving that TSH lower. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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