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Where to get Armour in Ontario? Does anyone know of any pharmacies preferably in Ontario, that compounds the Thyroid medication (T3) Armour??? My doctor will prescribe it, if we can find a place to compound it. There is one that we've heard of so far, and this is in British Columbia. Is there any in Hamilton, Burlington, Mississauga area? ... 7 Jan 2006 19:09
Latest Labs on Armour Went to the new Endo Dr. today. After having been on 175 mcg. of synthroid for 8 years I was recently switched to Armour. It's been 5.5 weeks on Armour @ 120 mg.per day and today was my first follow up appt. Here are my blood test results: Cortisol = 19.2 (4.0 to 22.0) Ferritin = 83 (10 to 154) T3 Total... 29 Dec 2005 01:42
numbness and seizure like muscle spasms I am Hypo and have Hashimoto. I had half my thyroid removed and ever since then my life has been turned upside down. Besides all the typical hypo symtoms and generally feeling like hell I have some unusual symtoms that seem to stump all my doctor's so maybe someone here can help me out or have experienced the sam... 22 Dec 2005 17:47
Help make sense of lab results? Hi, I'm new. My Family Practitioner ran some blood tests recently in response to my complaint of "being very tired". All of my values (glucose, iron, etc) came back normal except my THS, which was quite low. My Dr. ordered additional thyroid tests which, I guess, indicate no real thyroid problem. I've been e... 21 Jan 2006 11:46
readings Hi to all My thyroid is not working well, for I am on Amiodarone, due to irregular hear, but it harmed my thyroid Now my last blood test read TSH 0.56 Free T4 16 Is that in the proper range I am on Eletroxin .125 mg Looking forward for your reply Ben ... 15 Dec 2005 16:54
Armour + ? I am considering adding to the Armour generic ("Thyroid") product I am using... My regular doc is happy that I'm even considering using Synthroid, even if just added... after being on Armour/types for 7 years out of the last 10. I had RAI (twice) 10 years ago. I did use Synthroid first three years, did fe... 15 Dec 2005 00:45
can low TSH be just a temporary fluctuation? I just had a blood test that showed very supressed TSH, with the thyroid hormones being normal: TSH <0.06 [0.49-4.67] Free T4 1.51 [0.70-1.80] T3 138 [79-149] And I have symptoms of HYPOthyroid, in spite of the... 10 Dec 2005 10:28
What point am I missing? For a number of years now, I have been trying to educate myself on all aspects of hypothyroidism. Every now and then, I think, "am I dense, or is it the doctors?". In my particular case, my TSH was about 3.45 and when finally a doctor decided to run free T3 and free T4 tests, both were in the basement, espe... 11 Dec 2005 23:10
Top Canadian doctors On this site http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/canada.htm it lists top doctors in Canada. It says some of them use Armour. How can this be is Armour is an American drug? ... 6 Dec 2005 13:00
Hypothyroid & Erythema Nodosum I am a 38 year old female diagnosed with Hypo in 2003 on 150 mcg levothyroxine. Blood tests all with normal range and up until 2 months ago was feeling really good. I was disagnosed with erythema nodosum two weeks ago. For those who are not familiar with this it is a condition where the fat cells in your lower l... 5 Dec 2005 20:22 |