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Armour Thyroid

Barbara of Amarillo, TX February 7, 2010

Armour Thyroid can be purchased with a prescription from the Canadian Pharmacy. Don't complain take action and order from them. Price is reasonable and the drug is available. Hording the Armour that I have so I can continue to use it springly until my prescription arrives from Canada

Carol of Los Angeles, CA February 5, 2010

When the Forest Labs completely changed their thyroid formula and still called it Armor, they were cheating the country and I got really awfully ill for 4 months, with two to recover when I got Naturethyroid and because I could not function at all after my late husband's death, but was getting better, when I got on the new formula I began to feel alive almost from the first day--I have been damaged financially, my driver license jeophardized and my sanity and I am in worse financial trouble now than ever.

Deborah of Whitley City, KY February 4, 2010

I have been using armour thyroid for three years now. This is the only product that works well for me. Levothyroxin is not a good drug for me it does not work. I was so tired of being put on higher doses of this medication. Nothing was working until I started using armour thyroid this is a great drug for those who can do well on it. I also believe that the big drug companies are trying to force out the smaller companies that are caring these types of drugs. I have gone to Canada to get this medication the only drawback to this is you have to pay for it out of your own pocket, but it is worth it to feel good and have good days. Days that you do feel good are great but when you have bad days no one knows what you go through.

f of Pebble Beach, CA February 3, 2010

For three years I took Armour Thyroid with Zero side effects or any ill effects at all. This is almost impossible with any prescription medicine. I had had problems with my undiagnosed thyroid problems for about 20 years. So to feel like I was 20 in my physicality and mental state once again. Though I still had the aches and pains of a 61 year old my life became wonderful again and I realized I could have a long life and not die within 3 to 10 years as I had expected up until then.

At first I was shocked that Armour thyroid wasn't made in the U.S. anymore. I tried Westhroid and Nature-throid but neither worked for me. I started to have symptoms like confusion, inability to make good decisions, unable to get warm and keep warm, poor circulation etc. like before. I found that Armour Thyroid is still made in Canada so I decided to obtain armour thyroid from Canada. There are two options online or going to Canada to obtain Armour Thyroid.

Chelsea of Racine, WI January 30, 2010

Allow me to clear things up. (This part might be review for most of you) Armour Thyroid is made up of 2 things: a synthetic hormone, Synthroid (levothyroxine), which works on T4 in the thyroid; and a natural hormone, liothyronine, which works on T3 in the thyroid. Together, these compounds help the body absorb more of the drug, without necessarily increasing the dosage. Synthroid (levothyroxine) is available, by itself, with a prescription. Liothyronine is actually made up of pig thyroid glands, which are collected from a slaughterhouse, tested for ecoli and other bacteria, dehydrated, and milled into a powder. This powder is why no one can get Armour!

The company(s) that supplies Forest labs with this powder has been told by the FDA to limit production because of the inconsistencies found in the powder. Patients might take one pill and feel the effects. The next pill might make them feel sick. Many patients feel that Armour is a wonder drug, and to them, it is. It's wonderful that you've found something that works, because I'm still struggling! It's the FDA's job to regulate these things; if we didn't have them looking out for us, we'd all be buying snake oil from the back of a rusty pickup truck.

Forest labs, the FDA, and your local healthcare providers (doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and their staff) are working day and night to get things straightened out. No one wants to lose patients, or their money, by denying them the best care possible. I'm sure the swine flu (H1N1) and the beef recall last year didn't help things. I'm not saying that one has to do with the other, but the FDA is really cracking down on where and how our food and drugs are processed. They examine everything from how the animals are treated to every morsel they eat because one day that food might be on your table, or the insulin from that pig might end up in a diabetic's body.

I do not represent Forest labs, the FDA, or the slaughterhouses. I am just a pharmacy staffer who sees the struggle in her patients' eyes when I have to tell them, once again, that Armour Thyroid is unavailable at this time. I do not work with drug reps: actually, patients were the ones that told me that Armour was going off the market. I personally use, "long-term back order with no designated end date." I've called every pharmacy within 100 miles, and they tell me the same thing. I know that this post doesn't give you an Armour pill to get you through the day, but I cannot make pills appear out of thin air.

Our pharmacy keeps records, and if an off chance comes that we get some in, we call the person who has been waiting the longest. (We get one bottle at a time, usually weeks go by in between bottles). You all feel like you're being lied to or being kept in the dark. I am a firm believer in taking charge of your own health care, so those who have posted and will post in the future--Awesome! We all hope this will blow over soon, caregivers and patients alike, so the next time we tell you "long term back order with no designated end date" give us a break

Kathy of Owego, NY January 29, 2010

I would like someone, anyone,someone in Washington, anyone who can get to the bottom of why armour thyroid was taken off the market. This has physically affected alot of lives, including mine. Is there anyone who can help? Is there anyone to over see and investigate this matter? Is there anyone who cares. Well, we know for sure it's not the FDA! Someone is putting money in someones pockets.FDA or drug company making synthroid?

I believe Armour thyroid has been around longer than the FDA. People have been taking armour for years and doing very well. I think I smell a rat some where! But like most of us we don't have the money to fight with and that's what it boils down to. MONEY MONEY MONEY. The heck with our health! Someones getting paid to push synthetic drugs. They did the same thing with insulin. The drug companies can make more money

Michelle of Kimball Township, MI January 29, 2010

FDA ceases Armor Thyroid without offering a drug that works the same way that this natural drug works. They (FDA)and the company do not take into consideration the ill effects on the millions of users. This drug has been on the market for 50 plus years and many rely on it for a daily normal exsitence. The only other option is the synethtic form of the drug that many cannot take and only works on your T4 unlike Armor that worked on both The T4 and T3 parts of the thyriod. Crazy as it seems let the public have the choice on whether or not to continue the drug while they investigate their supposide new findings. I would even pay out of pocket just to feel normal again!!!!

Benita of Flowery Branch, GA January 29, 2010

I have sufferd with a thyroid condition for 10 years it took two and a half years to find a medication that would stay in my system with out makeing me have a thyroid crash. I am very upset and have been out of work on an off for several months because the FDA has decided to remove Armour Thyroid from the market. It is the only medication I can use. I have been on a Natural Thyroid Medication that didn't take with my system causing me to have high blood pressure. I found Armour thyroid for a month took it was back to normal weight going back to normal, family being happy with me again and working with energy once again to find that going to the Pharmacy today they do not have what I NEED TO LIVE a safe and Happy life. Who do we have to get out of office to get our health back?

Valerie of Brick, NJ January 29, 2010

The discontinued status of Armour Thyroid is unacceptable - people need this medication to function properly. If it continues to go further in this direction - can a class action suit be brought against the company - why can't consumer affairs get down to this?

Vicky of Alameda, CA January 26, 2010

Another poster on Jan 19 says it best. I did some research and discovered to my utter shock that FDA pulled it off the market because they want the companies producing natural thyroid to do a gazillion dollars worth of research to prove that it is safe before they will allow them to produce anymore. If FDA is so concerned about the so-called "safety" of the American public, why did they choose to unplug our life-supporting medication and possibly kill us to make sure we are "safe?"

Many people, myself included, are now without medication that they need. Is the FDA in Synthroid's pocket?? I did not do well on Synthroid, and my doctor was having trouble stablizing me. So I switched to Armour Thyroid five years ago and am doing well -- I have Hashimoto's Disease.

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