Comments on: Shortage of Armour Thyroid Strikes Home

By: Marilyn Mitchell

Marilyn Mitchell — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:12:58 +0000

I think the shortage of Armour is completely stupid – were they not making enough money on armour or need to push synthroid.

By: Sally Anne

Sally Anne — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:43:22 +0000

I too was on 90 mg of Armour. I am now on alternating doses of Levoxyl, 137 mcg every other day and 150 mcg every other day ~ my labs are “normal” but I feel like Hell!!

By: Sally Anne

Sally Anne — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:42:37 +0000

Here is a conversion chart from Mary Shomon’s site regarding equivalent doses for Armour vs. synthetics.

http://thyroid.about.com/library/drugs/blconversionchart.htm

By: stacey

stacey — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:55:12 +0000

I also was on 90 mg Armour and when the shortage came switched to 150 mcg of synthetics also…however, the dose was too high and now I’m on 112 to and still don’t feel so good…I don’t think you could reverse the number and I don’t understand why the “switch” didn’t work. I was on 90mg armour for several years with no change.

By: Susan Shipe

Susan Shipe — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:30:25 +0000

I was on 90 mg of Armour and when the shortage came I had to switch to 150 mcg of Synthetic meds. Not sure if you could just reverse the numbers??? Has Armour started manufacturing again?

By: Jaclyn

Jaclyn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:13:24 +0000

I am currently in the process of switching from synthroid to dessicated thyroid medication. my dosage on synthroid is 150 and am wondering what is a good starting dosage for natural thyroid medication?

By: America Mercado

America Mercado — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:10:44 +0000

I have been on Armour Thyroid 2 Grain since 1959 and never had encounter with a shortage of my medication. Presently I am living outside of the United State and for years I have order my meds without any problem until now. Today I took my last pill… I feel like if I was left to die a slow death… I have no thyroid gland since my operation at the age of 9 years old and remember how my doctor in N.Y. told me never to stop my medication cause I couldn’t function without it! I’ve been in the same dosage for 51 years and feeling great, had a normal life never been over weight was able to have my family (4 children) and now I am force to experiment with a new medication! I sure hope something could be done so everyone who need this medication can get it. How can help us?
America Mercado.

By: Sally Anne

Sally Anne — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:43:35 +0000

Robin,

Amen! I couldnt agree more. I really do wish there was an attorney to take this as a class action suit. It is about money and smoke and mirrors, not the well being of sufferers of hypothyroidism. This is the perfect case for “I smell a rat!” and the pharmacists and physicians are very indifferent on this and will just defer to the Forest Labs website. This is an abomination!

Sally

By: Robin Nichols

Robin Nichols — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:45:38 +0000

Wake up bloggers, this is a total govt blot, the big drug companies found out how cheap it was to get Armour vs what Synthroid or Levoxyl cost and shut down Forest Labs. It has nothing absolutely nothing to do with FDA approval. I was sick the whole time I was on Synthroid and Levoxyl, a family member of mine actually ended up in the ICU because the Levoxyl didn’t provide him with all the right T’s he needed. It took the hospital week to figure it, but they finally did and put him on Armour. I stayed so depressed on Synthroid and Levoxyl I wanted off this merry go round they call life. I know this sounds melodramatic but I assure you I’m not. I will be checking around for a class action lawsuit, I want in on that just to teach someone a lesson. This is a good example of why we need health care reform

By: Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:04:17 +0000

My compounder charge is cheaper than my co-pay for Armor so I don’t bother sending it in.. Good point, LYNDA! I’m going to ask if I can get 200 days, it isn’t the price of the med. it is the price of the shipping that is outrageous. They claim UPS will only ship over-night and that costs me an extra $9!!! At which time the drug total is $5 over the co-pay… but my insurance isn’t going to pay shipping costs I’m sure.