Re: Re: About drinking milk after Armour!!

[Guest guest]

I don't get this Armour digestion thing. I mean if one takes it sublingually, it

doesn't go through any digestive process. It just absorbs into the blood stream.

So what's the problem then? Do the calcium agents get into the bloodstream &

duke it out/clobber the piggy hormones or what?

----- Original Message -----

From: Betty Flager

Betty Flager

wrote:> Thanks!! Since you have been waiting an hour before you eat your

cereal with milk has it made any difference on how your symptoms are

or bloodtests results? I have heard to wait 4 hours, or 8 hours.

[Guest guest]

Yes that all makes sense to me. Do you just swallow your Armour? I was putting

in under the tongue when I started then started putting it between my cheek and

gum. Only had toast for breakfast and coffee with a little creamer. I'm getting

tired of not having my milk in the morning.

That may be why my levels went all the way up to where I feel good in one months

time. I am not sure about that. I thought I was going hyper again. Not yet

though!!

Anne wrote:

Betty,

No, I haven't noticed any changes in my symptoms or blood tests. -

and I take my multivitamin at night. I'm guessing the thyroid

hormone is already digested by the time I have breakfast. I think

what's really important is being consistent. For instance, if you

wash down your morning thyroid pill with a glass of milk every

morning, you'll probably need a slightly higher dosage than you

would if you took it on an empty stomach. If you change your

routine, you might affect absorption.

-Anne

-Anne

> >

> > I put my pill between the cheek and gum as soon as I get up. How

> > long should I leave it there? Also, how long should I wait to

> drink

> > milk after I swallow the Armour? I like to have cereal for

> breakfast.

> >

> > Calcium is suppose to interfere with absorption isn't that right?

> >

> > If anyone knows the answer, please let me know. I can always

take

> > the Armour at night so I can have my cereal with milk in the

> > morning.LOL

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't get it either. If you do Armour sublingually, how long do you leave it

there to get absorbed into the bloodstream?

Caroline Pollak wrote:I don't get this Armour digestion

thing. I mean if one takes it sublingually, it doesn't go through any digestive

process. It just absorbs into the blood stream. So what's the problem then? Do

the calcium agents get into the bloodstream & duke it out/clobber the piggy

hormones or what?

----- Original Message -----

From: Betty Flager

Betty Flager

wrote:> Thanks!! Since you have been waiting an hour before you eat your

cereal with milk has it made any difference on how your symptoms are

or bloodtests results? I have heard to wait 4 hours, or 8 hours.

[Guest guest]

I've never taken Armour sublingually. I also don't see a problem with drinking

milk with cereal in the mornings as I do it, but not on a regular basis. Now,

IF I were taking a calcium pill, I'd not take it within 4 hours of taking

Armour, but to me, that seems more reasonable. I've read many conflicting

things on how long to wait to eat after Armour, and one of the dr's who

impressed me the most on About.com said 30 mins after armour is taken, you could

eat, so that's what I go with. When I was on the Time Caps labs pills, they

don't melt, so I don't worry about it. I just chase them with water and be done

with it. I'm not sure I think the time caps generic Armour was meant to be

taken sublingually, so I just don't stress over it.

I'm taking a break from the worrying over Armour versus the Time Cap Labs

generic because I've just been under too much stress lately. I know that stress

never served me well when I was hyperT/Graves, and it's about the same now that

I'm taking thyroid supplements. My cousin returned a full bottle of name brand

Armour Thyroid to me, so I switched to it. I've felt better, but not optimal,

but I'm still thinking all the stress in my life right now is a contributing

factor. I was doing very well until my brothers heart attack and 2 hospital

stays. I'm just going to concentrate now on trying to get my life back in

order, and going to see him a few times a week, taking prepared meals over to

him so that I know he's eating healthy. Hopefully all this will settle down,

but I'm not going to hold my breath. He's just had too many troubles for me to

completely rest with his situation. I still think it's possible that he's

hypoT, as he's just got so many things that I noticed long before the heart

problems came to light.

We are all reading the book, Left for Dead by Dick Quinn that Inga suggested,

and I'm quite fond of this guys attitude about heart disease and all the drugs

the dr's pump you full of. Any of this sound familiar? lol. This guy is just

like us, sick and tired of being sick and tired. I told my brother that when he

goes back to the dr, Wednesday, that I'd love for him to ask his dr's just how

long they plan on him being on all these drugs, to get his cholesterol lowered?

I'm very curious about that one thing. Most of us who are hypo do end up having

problems with cholesterol, and I know that I instead of being sent to an Endo,

or any dr who knew about hypoT, I was shipped off to have stress tests done, and

EKG's, and the likes. Dr's are just so frustrating sometimes, when simple

'correct' bloodwork and symptoms tell so much more about the hypo.

SandyE~Houston

Re: Re: About drinking milk after Armour!!

I don't get this Armour digestion thing. I mean if one takes it sublingually,

it doesn't go through any digestive process. It just absorbs into the blood

stream. So what's the problem then? Do the calcium agents get into the

bloodstream & duke it out/clobber the piggy hormones or what?

----- Original Message -----

From: Betty Flager

Betty Flager

wrote:> Thanks!! Since you have been waiting an hour before you eat your

cereal with milk has it made any difference on how your symptoms are

or bloodtests results? I have heard to wait 4 hours, or 8 hours.

[Guest guest]

Does it make a difference where we put it? I put mine under my tongue. Should I

put it between my cheek?

Cris

Re: Re: About drinking milk after Armour!!

Yes that all makes sense to me. Do you just swallow your Armour? I was putting

in under the tongue when I started then started putting it between my cheek and

gum. Only had toast for breakfast and coffee with a little creamer. I'm getting

tired of not having my milk in the morning.

That may be why my levels went all the way up to where I feel good in one months

time. I am not sure about that. I thought I was going hyper again. Not yet

though!!

Anne wrote:

Betty,

No, I haven't noticed any changes in my symptoms or blood tests. -

and I take my multivitamin at night. I'm guessing the thyroid

hormone is already digested by the time I have breakfast. I think

what's really important is being consistent. For instance, if you

wash down your morning thyroid pill with a glass of milk every

morning, you'll probably need a slightly higher dosage than you

would if you took it on an empty stomach. If you change your

routine, you might affect absorption.

-Anne

-Anne

> >

> > I put my pill between the cheek and gum as soon as I get up. How

> > long should I leave it there? Also, how long should I wait to

> drink

> > milk after I swallow the Armour? I like to have cereal for

> breakfast.

> >

> > Calcium is suppose to interfere with absorption isn't that right?

> >

> > If anyone knows the answer, please let me know. I can always

take

> > the Armour at night so I can have my cereal with milk in the

> > morning.LOL

>

>

>

>

>