Re: Just switched over to Armour from Synthroid

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I THINK CHUCK WOULD TELL US THAT SYNTHROID IS T4 REPLACEMENT ONLY

THEREFORE WE NEED MORE ARMOUR THAN SYNTHROID. IF I WERE NOT STILL IN

A FOG, MAYBE I WOULD REMEMBER WHAT HE TOLD ME WHEN I ASKED.

ALSO, I STARTED OUT LAST SUNDAY ON ARMOUR WITH 1.25 GRAINS, BUT TODAY

I TOOK 3.5 AND WILL PROBABLY TAKE MORE TONIGHT. I AM FEELING

BAD...NO ENERGY AND A HEADACHE, NOT TO MENTION THE HAIRLOSS.

> Dani~

> I know you posted this a few days ago but I'm just getting to my

e-mails,

> sorry! I used to be on 75 mcg of $ynthroid and then made the switch

to armour.

> I am currently taking 4 grains and feel fabulous. I recently upped my

> dosage. When I first started taking Armour it was a really low dose

as well, 1

> tablet (60 mg). Durring this transitional period from $ynthroid to

Armour

> because the doctor would only start me out on such a low dose I took

half of my old

> synthroid grain with the 1 tablet of Armour. I'm not sure if you

still have

> your old pills, or if this is the best way to do it, but both my Mom

and I

> made the switch that way and it helped a lot until our Armour dose

could be

> raised.

>

> You said:

> I was the original poster of the switch. I have been on the Armour

dose for

> a few days and don't feel so great. I have had nausea. And it feels

like it

> just wears off by midday or so. It felt like I wasn't getting

anything at all

> when I split the dose half in the am and half in the pm. My dose is

only 1 grain

> (60 mg). It was to replace my 100 mcg of Synthroid which I always

felt bad

> on. What should I do? Up the dose to a bit to get two higher doses

in each day?

> How do I get the doctor on my page about this?

>

> Dani

> Army wife with bad Army medical care, sigh

>

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Chuck~

Yes I do believe that that was an insufficient dose. However, it was the

highest dose my previous doctor would give me. As soon as I went to a new

doctor she put me on Armour so there was no more talk about synthroid.

Chuck, you wrote:

,

You wrote:

> ... I used to be on 75 mcg of $ynthroid and then made the switch to

> armour. I am currently taking 4 grains and feel fabulous.

Since 4 grains of Armour is supposedly equivalent to 240 mcg of

Synthroid, is it not possible that you were simply given an insufficient

dose at 75 mcg?

Chuck

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[Guest guest]

,

You wrote:

> ... I used to be on 75 mcg of $ynthroid and then made the switch to

> armour. I am currently taking 4 grains and feel fabulous.

Since 4 grains of Armour is supposedly equivalent to 240 mcg of

Synthroid, is it not possible that you were simply given an insufficient

dose at 75 mcg?

Chuck

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sweetenloe1 wrote:

>

>

> I THINK CHUCK WOULD TELL US THAT SYNTHROID IS T4 REPLACEMENT ONLY

> THEREFORE WE NEED MORE ARMOUR THAN SYNTHROID. ...

The official equivalence is 100 mcg of levothyroxine (or Synthroid) for

every grain (60 mg) of Armour. What I would tell you is to take that

equivalence with a grain of salt, perhaps with a grain of potassium

iodide, another salt.

Chuck