Where to buy NDT

[Nicole1027]

Hello everyone, I am new to the community and quite desperate to find relief from hypothyroid symptoms. Can anyone tell me the name of some websites to purchase Armour Thyroid online? Please feel free to message me. I have been unwell for years now and not happy with Synthroid.

[Clutter]

Welcome to the forum, Nicole1027.

Can you post recent thyroid levels and ranges and results and ranges for ferritin, vitamin D, B12 and folate? Have you tried alternative brands to Synthroid?

[Lizzza in reply to Clutter]

I like this one amazon.com/gp/product/B01A1...

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Lizzza]

You'd do better by writing a new post asking for alternatives.

Also, it can be important to let us know which country you are in.

For example, in the USA, this site lists every make - including repackaged products and veterinary medicines:

dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailym...

[Nicole1027]

Hello All, nice to meet you!

I have been symptomatic for about 12yrs with every single symptom of hypo but not treated because of "normal labs" . This year I switched doctors and he recently diagnosed me with Hashimotos. I posted my results at diagnosis and after 3 months on Synthroid 25 mcg (not much change at all, values only increased by 1/10). TSH didn't change at all. Don't worry, my ferritin is low because it was time for me to get another infusion. I have never been anemic but my ferritin has always been low probably because of my digestive issues so I get annual infusions and checkups. Same for vitamin D but I slacked off taking my supplement so I resumed after I got these results.

TPO antibodies: 5 ( lab range <9 Iu/mL)

Thyroglobulin : <1 (lab range < or = 1 Iu/mL)

Free T4 : 1.2 (lab range 0.8 -1.8 ng/mL) AFTER 3 mo 25 mcg Synthroid 1.3

Free T3: 2.7 (lab range 2.3 -4.2 ng/mL) AFTER 3 mo 25 mcg Synthroid 2.8

TSH: 0.82 (lab range > 20yrs 0.40 -4.50) AFTER 3 mo NO CHANGE

Ferritin: 24 (lab range 10-154 ng/mL) RECEIVING INFUSIONS

Vitamin D: 20 (lab range 30-100 ng/mL) TAKING SUPPLEMENT

I was diagnosed with mild Hashimoto's based on my TPO antibodies. Doctor says I am at the beginning stages. He claims my TSH, FT4 and FT3 are considered normal BUT...most people who DO NOT have Hashimotos will have numbers in the negative values for the TPO antibody test. He feels that any positive number indicates Hashimotos if the patient is symptomatic. Oddly enough when my TPO antibodies were tested 2yrs ago they were in the negative but I was very much symptomatic even then. Also, I have 2 thyroid nodules, one of them is hypodense and 1 cm and the other is subcentimeter. In my follow-up ultrasound the nodules have shrunk a teeny bit and my overall gland has shrunk a little. But the technitian stated there was no significant change.

At this time the Dr. put me on 25mcg of Synthroid. I stayed on this dosage for 3 months and here's what happened...

Month 1 - noted some improvement (no brain fog, foot and back pain better, able to sleep most days, chilly spells on 4/7 days rather than daily). Still have severe constipation and no digestion. Upon starting synthroid my stomach was severely bloated but this calmed down after 2 weeks

Month 2 - still some improvement (eye lashes growing, hair shedding improved) but old symptoms are creeping in again plus some new issues! Stomach bloating, severe breast pain to the point where I couldn't move and need bandages for support. Breast pain was enough to make me quit but I still stuck in there.

Month 3 - Dr. decides to add T3. For two weeks all symptoms came back times 100! Breast pain becomes deadly and breast size is noticeably increased . For one week I stopped all medication. Breast pain completely disappears and size returns to normal.

Currently - I had my own ideas about treatment based on what happened above just because I know my own body. I felt like the T3 was NOT making me feel worse. I think the Synthroid was too low or either just not a good fit for me. So this week I have taken just the T3 and feel Waaayyy better not perfect though! I told the Dr about this discovery but he says to take 25mcg synthroid plus 1/2 pill of synthriod....IM SO NOT DOING THAT Im sticking with my remaining T3 pills.

I'm debating on trying a T4/T3 combo (synthetic or natural) or just stay with T3. Any advice? After the bloating and breast pain/enlargement and slight weight gain I'm scared to try any T4 at all, but maybe another brand of synthetic T4 would be ok. I don't know what will happen if I continue on T3 and never include any T4 ?

Please comment anytime and thanks!