alternating amount of meds question

[tresa56]

Is anyone else doing the things where they take extra medication 2 days a week. I'm on 120 armour and I'm splitting a pill between two days.. The days I have the extra I feel like I'm too energetic let's say and the days when I don't I'm kind of tired.. Should I split the pill between 4 days? The problem was I needed a bit more medication and armor jumps from 120 to 180

[pennyannie]

Hello Tresa :

With any thyroid hormone replacement containing T3 it is essential that you take the same dose every day.

Armour make 15 mg 1/4 grain tablets as well as 30 mg 1/2 grain tablets and then 60mg - 1 grain tablets : 1+1/2 grains and then 2/3/4/ up to a 5 grain tablet.

So I don't understand why you can't source these options ?

[tresa56 in reply to pennyannie]

No idea either.. That's just what my doc told me to do.. And I am not loving the results.. So just wondering if it was normal

[helvella Administrator in reply to pennyannie]

And it is not as if this information is hidden! Search for "armour thyroid" and the first link could well be:

HOW SUPPLIED

Armour ® Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP) are supplied as follows:

15 mg (¼ grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0457-01).

30 mg (½ grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0458-01) and unit dose cartons of 100 (NDC 0456-0458-63).

60 mg (1 grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0459-01) and unit dose cartons of 100 (NDC 0456-0459-63).

90 mg (1 ½ grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0460-01).

120 mg (2 grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0461-01) and unit dose cartons of 100 (NDC 0456-0461-63).

180 mg (3 grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0462-01).

240 mg (4 grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0463-01).

300 mg (5 grain) are available in bottles of 100 (NDC 0456-0464-01)

rxabbvie.com/pdf/armour_thy...

[Lalatoot]

You need to take the same dose of armour each day .With oral t4 such as synthroid or levothyroxine you can vary the daily dose as it is a storage hormone

With oral t3 such as liothyronine or NDT such as armour you need to take the same dose each day as it is used by the body in a different manner.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

if your doctor thinks it’s ok to take different doses of NDT on different days you need a new doctor

It’s ESSENTIAL to always take exactly same dose T3 every day

[Brightness14]

You must take the same dose everyday. The trouble with Armour is the fact that you cannot cut it easily, it just crumbles to pieces. You can buy smaller amounts perhaps work out the difference and do it that way. You may require around 90 or100 per day, everyday.