Re: Birth Control Pill with Armour Thyroid?

[Guest guest]

Evening. That's when I take my BC, iron and calcium. I take my Armour

around 9-10 am (depending on when I get up) and again at 3 pm.

Kate G

At 08:34 AM 3/12/2005, you wrote:

>When is the best time to take your birth control pill?

>

>I have been off of birth control pills for 8 months, and even tho I

>feel great off of them, I am starting back on them tomorrow, but I

>am trying Yasmin this time.

>

>I currently take 3 grains of Armour Thyroid. I chew up 2 grains at

>5:00 every morning, and then I chew up another 1 grain at 1:00 each

>afternoon.

>

>Do you think it would be best to simply take my birth control pill

>an hour or two after taking my morning dose of Armour - say around

>7:00 am? or would it be best to take my birth control pill at

>night???

>

>Also, I have found that I need at least 3 grains of Armour to treat

>my low thyroid symptoms while I have been off of birth control

>pills. Do you think that I will probably need to increase my Armour

>dosage once I am on birth control pills? I thought I read that

>birth control pills can mess with the absorbtion of thyroid hormone.

>

>Thanks for any and all input.

>

>CathyP

[Guest guest]

I don't know about absorption and birth control pills, but estrogens

and synthetic progestins in brith control pills may tie up some of

your thyroid hormone to protiens in the blood and make less

available to tissues. It is known that birth contol pills increase

the need for thyroid. So, you may find that you need a bit more

thyroid.

Tish