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!
