Armour Thyroid

[Pcos-thyroid]

Hi everyone! I’m new to this page and was wondering if anyone could help me please. I’m looking for armour thyroid to purchase in the UK without prescription, but am struggling to find it. Please could someone attach a link if possible? Thank you

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

It would be illegal for anyone in the UK to supply you with Armour without prescription. It is regarded as a prescription-only medicine and only registered professionals could prescribe it.

There is the possibility of purchasing abroad, e.g. by internet ordering, and getting it delivered to the UK. This is allowed but only for your own use (and that of your household).

If anyone within the UK is offering Armour without prescription, they could be misleading you into think that they are in the UK but actually operate elsewhere. Or are not going to supply bona fide Armour. Or are operating illegally.

I assume that you would wish members to let you know by Private Message where you can order Armour? We usually close such posts to ensure no-one posts possible suppliers as that is against the terms of the site. However, I will leave this open at least for a while, so you can respond if you wish.

[RedApple Administrator]

Pcos-thyroid, Welcome to the forum.

As explained by helvella , you cannot legally purchase any thyroid medication in the UK without prescription.

If you would like to provide some information about why you are asking this question, members may be able to offer suggestions.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Welcome to the forum

Before considering adding T3 or trying NDT we will always need OPTIMAL Vitamin levels and levothyroxine fine tuned

As you have PCOS presumably you have autoimmune thyroid disease also called Hashimoto’s

PCOS and Hashimoto’s often go together

Low vitamin levels are extremely common with Hashimoto’s

Please add most recent thyroid and vitamin results

How much levothyroxine are you currently taking

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

When were vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 last tested

Have you had coeliac blood test done yet

Are you on absolutely strictly gluten free diet

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Guidelines on likely dose levothyroxine by weight is approx 1.6mcg levothyroxine per kilo of your weight

Many people find different brands of levothyroxine are not interchangeable

Which brand of levothyroxine are you currently taking

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested.

Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially with autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s or Ord’s thyroiditis)

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

medichecks.com/products/adv...

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

Thriva Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins By DIY fingerpick test

thriva.co/tests/thyroid-test

Thriva also offer just vitamin testing

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off down to £26.10 if go on thyroid uk for code thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/

NHS easy postal kit vitamin D test £29 via

vitamindtest.org.uk

If TPO or TG thyroid antibodies are high this is usually due to Hashimoto’s (commonly known in UK as autoimmune thyroid disease).

About 90% of all primary hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto’s. Low vitamin levels are particularly common with Hashimoto’s. Gluten intolerance is very often a hidden issue too

Link about thyroid blood tests

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Link about Hashimoto’s

thyroiduk.org/hypothyroid-b...

List of hypothyroid symptoms

thyroiduk.org/if-you-are-un...