Armour not recommended for replacement therapy (I assume total replacement?)

[Guest guest]

Just was looking at the QuestDiagnostics site (they don't do RT3

either it looks like), and ran across this interesting piece of (I

assume) rubbish in their article on types of thyroid medication:

" desiccated thyroid (not recommended for replacement therapy) "

Why not? Are they referring to all replacement therapy, including

sub-total doses, or only total replacement in the case of

thyroidectomy or total killing/shutdown of the gland by RAI? And why

wouldn't Armour be contraindicated for total but not sub-total

replacement (if indeed they are referring ONLY to total

replacement). Or is this the usual Armour bias rearing it ugly head

again? Does Quest get funding from either ATA or Abbott by any chance?

Jim