Yvette, Marcie, sublingual & with food... some answers

[Guest guest]

Hi Yvette,

You just put the Armour beneath your tongue and let it dissolve - thus,

you are taking it sublingually.

Marcie,

Some folks, depending on where their ferritin is and other factors, take

their Armour with food to offset the quick absorption of the T3. If

ferritin is too low, or adrenals aren't properly treated (or other

factors), folks can have some intolerance. The same can hold true with

Cytomel, which is synthetic T3. When I first started on Cytomel - the

doc prescribed 5mcg - he and I discussed and I ramped up starting with

2.5mcg and a bit of food. It helped, esp because my ferritin was still

39, which is well below optimal.

I'm now on a combo Armour + synthetic T4, my ferritin is 100 and I just

take my meds an hour before I eat with no issues.

Levothroid, being 100% T4, gets into the body a little slower than T3

does, so perhaps that's why you didn't notice a difference... but

remember, every body is different!

HTH,

Karla

> >

> > How does one determine whether or not they need food with their

> Armour or not??? A couple of years ago, a doc had me on 1 gr 30

> min - 1 hour before eating. I never questioned it and just did

> it...couldn't tell a difference. Then my PCP swithed me to

> Levothroid on empty stomach. I still couldn't tell a difference.

> Now I take 1/2 a grain sublingually. Sometimes I eat at the same

> time, and sometimes I don't. No difference.

> >

> > How did you determine that you had to take your Armour with

> food???

> >

> > Marcie

[Guest guest]

Thanks Karla. No wonder the pharmacist looked at me funny when I told

him I had the wrong kind of armour, that it was supposed to be

sublingual armour. It's my fault though. I was in such a hurry to

leave the doc's office after my appt I didn't fully ask what the doc

meant by sublingual armour. I almost missed my flight home.

Yvette

Hi Yvette,

You just put the Armour beneath your tongue and let it dissolve -

thus, you are taking it sublingually.

HTH,

Karla

[Guest guest]

Ugh! What did you do about getting home?

Was there a later flight or did you have to stay the night. That must have

been stressful!

Kim in No Texas

From: Texas_Thyroid_Groups [mailto:Texas_Thyroid_Groups ] On Behalf Of yvettecvzs

Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008

12:43 PM

To: Texas_Thyroid_Groups

Subject:

Re: Yvette, Marcie, sublingual & with food... some answers

Thanks

Karla. No wonder the pharmacist looked at me funny when I told

him I had the wrong kind of armour, that it was supposed to be

sublingual armour. It's my fault though. I was in such a hurry to

leave the doc's office after my appt I didn't fully ask what the doc

meant by sublingual armour. I almost missed my flight home.

Yvette

[Guest guest]

I did make the flight but I had to run to the gate with my shoes

untied. It's funny now but I was stressing then. Thank goodness I did

not have to spend the night.

Yvette

Ugh! What did you do about getting home? Was there a later flight

or did you have to stay the night. That must have been stressful!

Kim in No Texas