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i take thyroid gold
Hi boss bird are you pleased with Thyroid Gold, i have some on order and wondered if it may be better/as good as Nature Throid x
yes after years of searching this is defo the best so far i don't think i will find better, had confliting advise about how much to take so i had to figure that out for my self i'm currently on 4 x 300mcg tabs plus 20mcg t3 which seems to suit me stating on a low dose which was suppose to be the equivalent to the armour i was taking but soon discovered not enough then i went too high now i'm possibly a bit high but feel great so will wait to see what my bloods are next month - good luck x
Thankyou Bossbird, what dosage would you say is the equivalent to 3 grains of Nature Throid and 25mg cytomel? Im looking forward to my delivery x
I take all four grains Armour in morning an hour before food swallowed with water and have been doing this for nearly 15 years and have had no problems. I no longer fall asleep during the day, I sleep well at night, and my bodily functions are normal. Even when it was reformulated I did exactly the same and had no problem. I did try thyroid-s for six months but found I had to supplement with liothyronine as much as I would if I were taking levothyroxine, so obviously thyroid-s was not for me. I tried Erfa for a couple of years, taking it the same as Armour, and that was fine too.
I take 2 grains Erfa, first thing in the morning and always at least half an hour before any food. I always chew it. I am so grateful for the NDT, my life got back to normal once I switched from Levothyroxine.
How do you get Armour, my doctor refuses to swap from levothyroxine, even though I feel little improvement!
I chew and found that better than swallowing.
you have to buy armour or thyroid gold its a conspiracy to push thyroxin a man made product so man makes money simple, i believe there is the odd dr out there who is prepared to stand up to the GMC but good luck finding one it has cost me a fortune over the years to make myself well no thanks to the NHS
Looks like this is what I will have to do. I have recently started Nature Throid and up to 2 grains. Early days yet, but I am sure that I will feel better than what I have on T4 only for 19 years and Mercury Pharma T3. Felt terrible. I am going to tell my Endo in 6 months and ask if he will prescribe it if not bye bye NHS.
Nature Throid i voted chewing them as thats what i normally do but if i take them early in the morning while in bed ill pop them under my tongue but found they are still there but mushy after an hour of sleeping
As long as it's eaten on an empty stomach 2 hours before food it shouldn't make much of a difference how it's taken
I swallow one grain NatureThroid on waking, half coffee ten minutes later (no milk), no problem. Second grain at three pm, again whole. Might have some cake with my coffee soon after 
Have a grain at bed time. Not a problem. I did used to chew them and have them in smaller doses but felt it was too fiddly. I can't imagine taking all 2 and a half grains at once but I wonder if that's a hangover from being previously hyperthyroid and fearing too much t3 at once.
I take my two tablets in the morning before coffee. Does it matter if you take both same time? Do you feel it gives you more of a level of energy by splitting the doses? I just started taking two. I was taking one and a half and I upped my dose. I'm still feeling tired during the day but I think it's because I've been stressed with work and my mom but maybe I shouldn't still feel this way ( don't know) I can't wait to get leveled out and be balanced again. I will never go off my meds ever again.
I take my meds before bed an find it to be fine..swallow mine as didnt think would make a big difference
I take thyroidS and pop it against my cheek or at the front above my teeth on the left side and let it disolve away it can take a while. I find it uncomfy under my tongue for some reason. I really like the taste, it is, as they say, like papaya. I take it this way in the hope I might absorp some calcitonin but ThyroidS is not designed to be taken this way or sublingually (like Armour) so it probably does not let me get any calcitonin.
It is good to enjoy taking ones life saving medicine and I will keep dissolving it in my mouth 
I was letting it melt under tongue but felt awful and as soon as started swallowing whole I started to notice an almost immediate improvement. I take Westhroid Pure.
I voted for swallowing, my blood tests show it gets in, but the honest truth is I could not bare to do it sublingually, yuck, the pig taste is not nice!
Since reformulation of armour, I always chew it.
Am on WP. I take 2grains early morning dose (circadian rhythm), 1 grain lunchtime & 1/2 grain bedtime. Spreading dose out stops slumps & the ersly morning dose has helped my adrenals so no longer need to supplement my adrenals.
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