Guest guest Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Can they add the T3 to it so that I only have one pill to take?Thanks. To: Thyroiditis Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 7:05 PM Subject: Re: meds from Canada She writes it for Natural Desiccated Thyroid and the grain(s) amount plus the amount of days. Note: that most Canadian pharmacies only sell in 100 lots. I asked my dr and she willing writes my NDT Rx in 100's. I take 3 grains (plus compounded T3 that I get here locally) that would normally be 270 for 3 months. She writes 300 one-grain tablets with 3 refills for a year. I like the one-grain tablets as I take throughout the day and do not need to cut it up. I end up with an extra 120 pills so have an extra 40 day supply at the end of the year. Nice that I do not have to refill so often. Other drs may not be so generous. This is something you cannot do with USA pharmacies because the insurance police. Hope this helps, ~Bj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i've been buying ERFA from universal drugstore in canada for a couple of years and i don't have a problem with it. in my case it actually seems to work better than armour. it's my understanding that erfa is the canadian generic for armour. i get an Rx for armour and tell them i want erfa. i scan it and send it attached to an email. > > > > > > > > i was diagnosed with celiac about three years ago ... and about the same time switched from synthroid to armour for my hashi's. once i began the natural thyroid and stopped eating gluten i lost about twenty pounds. i still get wheat belly often ... and am still trying to find the foods that are doing it. it's a lot of trial and error and listening to your body ... not just what the doctors or test numbers say. hang in there and ... keep your chin up. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2012 Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 - Maybe I missed this part, but were you having side effects from the Armour (other than not losing weight)? Did you ever have it compounded and did that change anything for you? Deanna To: Thyroiditis Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:05 PM Subject: Re: meds from Canada Thank you so much for your response. I will check into that. I'm thinking that the Armour may be my problem. I'm glad I found this group. It helps that others have or are going through the same thing I am. > > > > i've been buying ERFA from universal drugstore in canada for a couple of years and i don't have a problem with it. in my case it actually seems to work better than armour. it's my understanding that erfa is the canadian generic for armour. i get an Rx for armour and tell them i want erfa. i scan it and send it attached to an email. > > i was diagnosed with celiac about three years ago ... and about the same time switched from synthroid to armour for my hashi's. once i began the natural thyroid and stopped eating gluten i lost about twenty pounds. i still get wheat belly often ... and am still trying to find the foods that are doing it. it's a lot of trial and error and listening to your body ... not just what the doctors or test numbers say. hang in there and ... keep your chin up. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Deanna, I've been using compounded Armour for at least 5 years and the only problem I seem to be having is trouble losing weight. I used to take levothyroxin, then when I switched to Armour, I did feel better. To: "Thyroiditis " <Thyroiditis > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:53 PM Subject: Re: Re: meds from Canada - Maybe I missed this part, but were you having side effects from the Armour (other than not losing weight)? Did you ever have it compounded and did that change anything for you? Deanna To: Thyroiditis Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:05 PM Subject: Re: meds from Canada Thank you so much for your response. I will check into that. I'm thinking that the Armour may be my problem. I'm glad I found this group. It helps that others have or are going through the same thing I am. > > > > i've been buying ERFA from universal drugstore in canada for a couple of years and i don't have a problem with it. in my case it actually seems to work better than armour. it's my understanding that erfa is the canadian generic for armour. i get an Rx for armour and tell them i want erfa. i scan it and send it attached to an email. > > i was diagnosed with celiac about three years ago ... and about the same time switched from synthroid to armour for my hashi's. once i began the natural thyroid and stopped eating gluten i lost about twenty pounds. i still get wheat belly often ... and am still trying to find the foods that are doing it. it's a lot of trial and error and listening to your body ... not just what the doctors or test numbers say. hang in there and ... keep your chin up. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Bj.I guess I was confused that you took your T3 separately from the Armour since Armour already contains T3 and T4 in it, I see now that you have to take extra T3. I am on 90 mg. Armour, once a day. Thanks. To: Thyroiditis Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 12:39 PM Subject: Re: meds from Canada I do not understand your question? What dosage of Armour are you taking? What is it that you want to add T3 to? Erfa Thyroid comes in 1/2, 1, and 2 grain tablets. (I buy smaller dosed pills because I take it more often than just once a day.) You cannot add anything to a premade drug that is where compounding comes in. NDT (Armour, Erfa, NatureThroid, Acella etc) all contain both T3 and T4. One grain of NDT in The USA has 38 mcgs of T4 and 9 mcgs of T3. Adjust up or down for other strengths. Erfa has slightly less hormones- 35 mcgs of T4 and 8 mcgs of T3 per each grain. The dosage of thyroid med(s) is highly individual. I have extreme low T3 issues so I take 3 grains of NDT (Erfa) and 45 mcgs of compounded T3 daily. (In total, I take 69 mcgs of T3 and 105 mcgs of T4 daily.) I have not meant another thyroid patient who is also on this same dosage. Also, in NDT there is a higher amount of T3 vs. that in the human body. Some patients cannot tolerate this higher amount of T3 in NDT. Thus, they may need to take synthetic T4 (levothyroxine) in addition to a small amount of NDT. I hope this helps, ~Bj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i've been buying ERFA from universal drugstore in canada for a couple of years and i don't have a problem with it. in my case it actually seems to work better than armour. it's my understanding that erfa is the canadian generic for armour. i get an Rx for armour and tell them i want erfa. i scan it and send it attached to an email. > > > > > > > > > > i was diagnosed with celiac about three years ago ... and about the same time switched from synthroid to armour for my hashi's. once i began the natural thyroid and stopped eating gluten i lost about twenty pounds. i still get wheat belly often ... and am still trying to find the foods that are doing it. it's a lot of trial and error and listening to your body ... not just what the doctors or test numbers say. hang in there and ... keep your chin up. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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