ARMOUR vs. NATURETHROID vs. others

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ARMOUR is made by Forest Pharmaceuticals. It contains:

Porcine Thyroid Powder, U.S. Pharmacopeia

Dextrose (sugar--allows you to do it sublingually)

Microcrystalline Cellulose

Sodium

Calcium Stearate (stabilizer and lubricant)

Opadry White

NATURETHROID and WESTHROID are made by Western Research Labs.

NATURETHROID CONTAINS:

Porcine Thyroid Powder, U.S. Pharmacopeia

Microcrystalline Cellulose

Dicalcium Phosphate

Sodium Starch Glycolate

Magnesium Stearate

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose

Stearic Acid

Carnauba Wax

Polyethylene Glycol

WESTHROID CONTAINS:

Porcine Thyroid Powder, U.S. Pharmaceopeia

Cornstarch

....and the rest may be the same above...to be continued

***SEE BELOW FOR MORE on GENERIC NATURAL THYROID, NON-PRESCRIPTION

NUTRI-MEDS, ETC.

Hormonally, Armour and Westhroid and Nature-Throid are absolutely

identical as far as that they all get their Thyroid powder

from the exact same place--the US Pharmacopeia. What differs between

them is the binding ingredients. Westhroid uses cornstarch and

Nature-Throid and Armour uses microcrystalline cellulose. Armour has

less ingredients than both.

Microcrystalline Cellulose is what makes a product hypoallergenic.

Both Naturethroid and Armour would be considered hypoallergenic.

More details on some of the ingredients:

Microcrystalline Cellulose-- synthetically derived fiber base

(similar to plant-derived). It is typically utilized

as a filler in a tablet (to provide volume and bulk).

Dicalcium Phosphate - derived from a mined ore. It is typically

utilized as a binder in a tablet (to hold all the

ingredients during compression).

Sodium Starch Glycolate - Synthetically derived starch molecule

(similar to potato starch). It is typically utilized

as a disintegrating agent in a tablet (to aid in proper

disintegration of the tablet in the stomach).

Magnesium Stearate - Derived from a vegetable source (typically palm

oil). It is typically utilized as a lubricating

agent in a tablet (to aid in proper compression of the tablet).

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose - Derived from a plant cellulose base

(typically cotton blend or wood pulp). It is

typically utilized as a granulating agent in a tablet (to provide

bulk and density to the tablet for proper

compression) as well as part of a clear coating solution (with PEG).

Stearic Acid - Derived from a vegetable source (typically palm oil).

It is typically utilized as a binder in a

tablet ( to hold all the ingredients during compression).

Carnauba Wax - Derived from the pores of the leaves of the Brazilian

wax palm tree. It is utilized in the final

stage in tablet coating (to provide a complete seal).

Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) - Synthetically derived. It is utilized

with Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose as part

of the clear coating solution.

GENERIC NATURAL THYROID by TIME-CAPS LABS CONTAIN:

Thyroid Powder

Microcrystalline cellulose

Dicalcium phosphate

Colloidal silicon dioxide

Sodium starch glycolate

Steric acid

Mmagnesium stearate

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose

and " other ingredients " which we do not know.

The generic thyroid above are 65 mg. tablets (as compared to 60 mg.

of the others above). They are coated. For some

reason, they may be less effective than the name brands, say some

users, so you have to take more. But others find that they work fine!

NUTRI-MEDS PORCINE, a non-prescription brand of natural thyroid,

CONTAINS:

Whole Desiccated Thyroid Glandular Concentrate - Porcine

Raw Porcine Thyroid Tissue 130 mg.

Dicalcium Phosphate

Magnesium Sterate (Natural Tableting Agent)

NUTRI-MEDS is NOT regulated, is OTC, and appears to be LESS

EFFECTIVE, so you have to take more than the others. But it's a good

alternative, just in case.