A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Do you take any medicine?

I went for a check up 4/22 and got a call saying I'm hypothroid. She wants me to take synthroid. I've been checking online and have found a medicine made from animal hormones called Armour Thyroid. I would rather use that rather than a synthetic medicine but I don't know if my doctor will prescribe it. Does anyone know anything about it?

seems to me someone in my family is taking it--because I have heard of it--i will try to find out who & anyhitng I can about it in the next day or so--OK???

and gee if I had a disease i thionk i would pick that. :wink:

Hmmmm, sounds interesting Sheri.....I can't help out, but my best friend had her thyroid zapped and is on Synthroid....I'm sure she'd like to hear more about it.

checking online usually Doctors of Osteopathy, holistic medicine, will prescribe it. Regular doctors don't.

I could not find out anything for you Sheri, sorry----

Armour Thyroid is made from pig thyroid hormones and isn't supposed to have the side effect of hair loss that some people experience with synthroid which is man made. This is what was used before synthroid.

sheri, i take synthroid, have for several years. i haven't had any unwanted side effects. maybe i've been lucky, but i tell you, i've felt a lot better on it than before!

My sister takes it too and hasn't had any problems. It's just bumbed me out since I just stopped taking that stupid chemotherapy medicine and was hoping to be off meds forever.

I take synthroid...have since 2002-ish. I haven't had any side effects from it at all. They did try the generic brand on me but it didn't work (or maybe that is vice versa...can't remember which one is the generic kind), so personally I wouldn't try anything other than the synthroid for fear of it not working and having to feel crappy again. ANYWAYS, like Jiffy said, I felt sooooooo much better once the thyroid was working correctly again. Not moody anymore....not tired all the time.

I am also on Synthroid, but I am still unable to lose any weight. :(

how long have you taken synthroid pinkhouse?

i lost 20 pounds when i first went on. but my weight stabilized. i get my levels checked every 3-6 months, and need to lose more weight, but the rest of the weight isn't the thyroid.

they haven't had to adjust my dose on over 2 years. and my weight has been fairly stable in that time. but i don't "work" at losing weight, so stable is good.