Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Just bumping this up so someone can comment on it. > Someone posted this on the About.com board about thyrolar and armour: > > The conversion chart on the Forest website is wrong. If you > substitute Armour grain for grain for Thyrolar, you will be grossly > undermedicated. > > Make sure your doc has prescribed based on the amounts of T3 and T4. > 60 mg (1 grain) of Thyrolar contains 12.5 mcg of T3 and 50 mcg of T4. > 60 mg (1 grain)of Armour contains 9 mcg of T3 and 38 mcg of T4. So > you will need about 75 mg of Armour to replace 60 mg of Thyrolar. > > > > This is good information to know. So Thyrolar 1 isn't equal to Armour > 1. > > Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Just bumping this up so someone can comment on it. > Someone posted this on the About.com board about thyrolar and armour: > > The conversion chart on the Forest website is wrong. If you > substitute Armour grain for grain for Thyrolar, you will be grossly > undermedicated. > > Make sure your doc has prescribed based on the amounts of T3 and T4. > 60 mg (1 grain) of Thyrolar contains 12.5 mcg of T3 and 50 mcg of T4. > 60 mg (1 grain)of Armour contains 9 mcg of T3 and 38 mcg of T4. So > you will need about 75 mg of Armour to replace 60 mg of Thyrolar. > > > > This is good information to know. So Thyrolar 1 isn't equal to Armour > 1. > > Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Just bumping this up so someone can comment on it. > Someone posted this on the About.com board about thyrolar and armour: > > The conversion chart on the Forest website is wrong. If you > substitute Armour grain for grain for Thyrolar, you will be grossly > undermedicated. > > Make sure your doc has prescribed based on the amounts of T3 and T4. > 60 mg (1 grain) of Thyrolar contains 12.5 mcg of T3 and 50 mcg of T4. > 60 mg (1 grain)of Armour contains 9 mcg of T3 and 38 mcg of T4. So > you will need about 75 mg of Armour to replace 60 mg of Thyrolar. > > > > This is good information to know. So Thyrolar 1 isn't equal to Armour > 1. > > Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Hi Louise. I didn't realize you wanted a reply... My reaction to the info you sent was surprise that a person would need more Armour than equivalent Thyrolar. Janie > Just bumping this up so someone can comment on it. > > > > > Someone posted this on the About.com board about thyrolar and > armour: > > > > The conversion chart on the Forest website is wrong. If you > > substitute Armour grain for grain for Thyrolar, you will be grossly > > undermedicated. > > > > Make sure your doc has prescribed based on the amounts of T3 and > T4. > > 60 mg (1 grain) of Thyrolar contains 12.5 mcg of T3 and 50 mcg of > T4. > > 60 mg (1 grain)of Armour contains 9 mcg of T3 and 38 mcg of T4. So > > you will need about 75 mg of Armour to replace 60 mg of Thyrolar. > > > > > > > > This is good information to know. So Thyrolar 1 isn't equal to > Armour > > 1. > > > > Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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