question about Armour grains

[Guest guest]

hi-

just started Armour yesterday and have a question ( saw the graph, just

double checking). I told the pharm. I needed 2 1/2 grains for 2 mo. So I got a

bottle of 60 large tabs. with " A " on them and a bottle of 60 small tabs. I

assume that the large tabs are 2 grams and the small are 1/2 grains. Can't

ask,this was not done legally.

I asked for double the amount the graph said I should take to equal my 137

synthroid since right before I got them I was told by someone in the group

that often more is needed and decided to err on the safe side.

So the past 2 days I cut the large tab in half and took half. Is this

right? ( for 137 synthroid replacement)? How soon would I go up in dose?

The thing that is so confusing about this right now is that I have been

hypo for 15 yrs., then past mo. my heartbeat,sweating,not sleeping, feeling

maniac was out of control ( same time I found out I have HASH.) and doc.

reduced

the Synthroid from usual 200 to 100, in two weeks I was catatonic and

everything slowed almost to a halt. So I don't have a " normal " right now.

Certainly

don't want to go back to manic wild heartbeat mode, but this dragging myself

into an upright position is pretty horrid too.

thanks, clis

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/18/2004 12:18:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,

clisfenton@... writes:

> So the past 2 days I cut the large tab in half and took half. Is this

> right? ( for 137 synthroid replacement)? How soon would I go up in dose?

>

So you're taking one grain...i would stay on that at least 2 weeks and then

reassess how you're feeling.

cindi

[Guest guest]

>>So the past 2 days I cut the large tab in half and took half. <<

That is a good starting dosage and should be 1 grain a day. But I would not stay

on that dosage too long. As you also have half grain tabs, wait about 2 weeks,

then if you are not having any hype symptoms, start taking 1/2 grain in the

afternoon or evening as well as the half tab of the larger pills in the AM.If

you find you have an afternoon slump in your energy, about an hour or two before

that time is the best time to take your second, smaller dose. This varies from

person to person but is the closest way to simulate how your body would produce

these hormones if it worked correctly.

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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[Guest guest]

In other words, you're starting at 60 mgs or 1 grain, right? Probably good

to start slowly, as that dose is a little bit down from what we THINK

matches the 137 mcgs T4 you were taking. Still, you're just now introducing

your body to direct T3, about 9 mcgs to be pretty exact. 38 mcgs of that

one grain is part of the T4 you were taking in your last dose change.

You're right to see how your body is going to react to the direct T3, a

little at a time. See how you respond to that first, and go slow. You may

end up even a little more hypo, but best to be safe than sorry in beginning

it. If you're doing ok at the end of 3 or 4 more wks, then you could start

adding on the rest, about 30 mgs at a time, at about 4 wk intervals. If you

start having any strange reactions, then back up to the previous dose for a

few wks, and so on. I hope that you are going to change doctors in the mean

time, so that you can get good medical care on this. This will borrow you

some time, or if you're still doing ok, then maybe self treating would do

it. I would never advise anyone who thinks they may have other issues, like

nodules on the thyroid, other issues, etc.....to self treat. I'm doing a

dance here because I really have no other options at this time. If I think

that something is growing on my thyroid, then I'm going to have to go

somewhere to get help, whether I like it or not, as I certainly couldn't

handle that end of it alone. Keep us posted. It takes time to change

things. It has taken me over a yr to get to feeling as good as I'm feeling

right now, though I still have unresolved issues with my thyroid problems.

question about Armour grains

>

> hi-

> just started Armour yesterday and have a question ( saw the graph, just

> double checking). I told the pharm. I needed 2 1/2 grains for 2 mo. So I

got a

> bottle of 60 large tabs. with " A " on them and a bottle of 60 small tabs.

I

> assume that the large tabs are 2 grams and the small are 1/2 grains.

Can't

> ask,this was not done legally.

> I asked for double the amount the graph said I should take to equal my

137

> synthroid since right before I got them I was told by someone in the

group

> that often more is needed and decided to err on the safe side.

> So the past 2 days I cut the large tab in half and took half. Is this

> right? ( for 137 synthroid replacement)? How soon would I go up in dose?

> The thing that is so confusing about this right now is that I have been

> hypo for 15 yrs., then past mo. my heartbeat,sweating,not sleeping,

feeling

> maniac was out of control ( same time I found out I have HASH.) and doc.

reduced

> the Synthroid from usual 200 to 100, in two weeks I was catatonic and

> everything slowed almost to a halt. So I don't have a " normal " right now.

Certainly

> don't want to go back to manic wild heartbeat mode, but this dragging

myself

> into an upright position is pretty horrid too.

> thanks, clis