Guest guest Posted November 18, 2002 Report Share Posted November 18, 2002 Granny wrote: > > Jody's reply about Armour potency problems, freshness (is that > a word?) after bottle has been opened, and the smell, got > me to thinking Yes, although Armour is reknown for having an odour, my guess is if your cat tries to steal it then it is fine to eat, if your cat turns it's nose up it is off. But this culd lead to some hyper cats if your not careful ;-) > I should also give a warning about ATD potency. Hmm, you've got me wondering now, I didn't sleep last night much and now have other hyper symptoms as well, all on the same dose of PTU. I know the pharmacist JUST got a new batch of PTU in, as I just refilled and they asked if I could come back in twenty minutes as they were unpacking the latest delivery, but the bottle I'm on could well be from the previous batch. They subdivide large bottles into smaller, and PTU is only prescribed on the NHS if Carbimazole is ruled out for some reason (which having read the research sounds a reasonable approach). They only date the bottle with date issued, and the prescription has renewal date, I have no way of checking other dates other than asking the pharmacy involved - hmm sealed bottles suddenly seem more attractive. I probably don't help matters by precutting the pills, but it is far more convenient when your taking 25mg doses all the time than lugging a pill cutter around. Presumably the waxing and waning of Graves' makes potency issues harder to spot than with the notorious levothyroxine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2002 Report Share Posted November 18, 2002 Hi Chris- I also smelled that awful smell with my order everytime I watched the pharmacist open a fresh bottle. At the most, a bottle would be in there opened for 1 month only since I was on so much Armour and was the only one taking it up here (120 pills ea. time and the pharmacist would order in 100 pill increments). I did have problems occasionally when my bottles were from different batch numbers but that didn't have anything to do with the smell. I think some of us can smell it and some can't. Over 2 1/2 years, every prescription of Armour I had stank to high heaven. Take care, dx & RAI 1987 (at age 24) > Armour is dried thyroid from animals. I would imagine > that if there is a smell, it might mean it has gone > bad. When a bottle of drugs is sealed, it *should* > be good until the expiration date, but if that bottle > is opened, the clock starts ticking. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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