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What is Armour Thyroid? Armour Thyroid is a brand name for a combination of thyroxine-replacing hormones used to treat an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism). It provides both T4 and T3 thyroid hormones unlike levothyroxine sodium drugs that provide only T4. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Forest Pharmaceuticals's Armour Thyroid site


Reasons Taken

45 patients in the community are taking or have taken Armour Thyroid.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 26 57%
General health 6 13%
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 2 4%
Fibromyalgia 2 4%
Under-active thyroid (hypothyroidism) 2 4%
Fatigue 1 2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Armour Thyroid.

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All (Show Top 10)

  0 mg Daily 2.5 other Daily 3 mg Daily 15 mg Daily 30 mg 30 mg Daily 45 mg Daily 60 mg Daily 75 mg Daily 90 mg Daily 120 mg Daily 180 mg Daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Armour Thyroid or how long patients were taking Armour Thyroid before stopping.

Currently taking Armour Thyroid

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
2
5
5
19

Stopped taking Armour Thyroid

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
0
0
3
Why Patients Stopped Taking Armour Thyroid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2 40% Doctor's advice: 40%
Other 2 40% Other: 40%
Did not seem to work 1 20% Did not seem to work: 20%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 9 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 83% 5
Can't tell 17% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 9

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 9 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 9)

  • D'awesome
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: severe
    See profile
  • D'awesome
  • by D'awesome
    Aug 26, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
USE Armour Thyroid for a full Thyroid balance.

  • WysWoman
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • WysWoman
  • by WysWoman
    Sep 29, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
I believe that anyone with a low thyroid problem benefits more from Armour thyroid (or identical generic) than any of the other choices. Because it includes both T3 and T4, energy levels are increased faster.

See all evaluation results for Armour Thyroid



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