Re: Synthorid Armour question

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Tish,

I agree with your theory, because I was converted to a too low dose

of Armour. I went from 125 mcg of Synthroid to 1 grain of Armour,

(your formula would put it between 1-1/2 and 1-3/4 grains). I felt

great for 2 days, then worse than ever. I had a crash when I

increased to 1-1/4 grains, and another small meltdown when I

increased to 1-1/2 grains, (although the licorice tea helped a bit

after I forced myself to drink it . Today, I am trying another 1/4

grain increase - to 1-3/4 grains. I'll have to see if I crash again

tomorrow or if I can actually handle it.

FYI - The Armour RX sheet says " The usual starting dose is 30 mg

Armour Thyroid, with increments of 15 mg every 2 to 3 weeks " , but it

doesn't say if that's only for untreated patients or also for

switching from T4. It also says " Most patients require 60 to 120

mg/day. Failure to respond to doses of 180 mg suggests lack of

compliance(?) or malabsorption. "

Joyce

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> But, in the interest of science and because I could be totally out

> to lunch here, I'd like to do a survery and see how many people

were

> not able to handle an Armour dose that was converted from a

> Synthoroid dose using about 74 mcg of Synthroid=1 grain Armour

> conversion. How many found that they had to drop to some very

small

> Armour dose and start over with raises?

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