Took my husband's prescription to a new to us pharmacy, The Medicine Shoppe near us, as they could compound his Armour Thyroid. When I took the prescription to them, they reported that out of nowhere this morning, they received in some Armour Desiccated Thyroid in his dosage. So he will get his filled the normal way.
Just an FYI to those who are hearing from others that Armour Desiccated Thyroid has been discontinued. It has not, and the website supports this as well. Just really SLOW getting their supply back up. Here is the statement from the website, indicating they are focusing on filling the 1 grain (60 mg) and 1/2 grain (30mg) dosages, as these account for 70% of all Armour thyroid prescriptions, used alone or together in some combination. From Forest Pharmaceuticals:
I take 3/4 grain, so will have to continue to get mine compounded until they produce the 1/4 grain (which could be combined with the 30 grain) or 3/4 grain again. With the new formulation, splitting the pills causes too much disintegration and powder.
I wish I knew the whole darn story, but oh well.......
In other news, if you take a synthetic thyroid product and still feel like crud, I recommend you look into the natural (but prescription) thyroid products. Both my husband and I feel like utter crud when we take Synthroid or Levothroid. We always go back to Armour Desiccated Thyroid, period. Feeling "alive" again is how we would describe the difference between the products.
For more info, I recommend reading:
Have a glorious day!
We too were told the same thing here in Oregon. But I was told by my pharmacist that it was discontinued and then he said it was banned. Go figure? I changed pharmacist's and they got it right away. However, that refill was old and did not have the same effects as did the refill before. These were very hard almost like rocks, could not chew them easily. But it's been 8 months now and none seems to be available. Hope you all are able to get your refills in a timely manner. Best wishes to all! Ginger
ReplyDeleteI suffered from hormone deficiencies too, but I took natural thyroid for my own good. Now, my hormone level is back to normal!
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