Armor 60 Mg Vs Synthroid 0 112 Mug

I have been on synthroid for approx 11 years. Some of my symptoms never went away. Cold hands &feet, losing (it does grow back, but I have a million baby hairs on my head) hair, etc. I read somewhere that changing from a strictly T4 (Synthroid) to a T3T4 (Armour) thyroid medicine would help. My doctor gave me the new medicine Armour 1 GR (60mg). I was on synthroid 0.112MG). Did my doc give me too high a dose of the new amrour medicine? I want my symptoms to go away but I don't want to overdose. Help!

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I was on Synthroid 0.112mg and the Dr. put me on Armour Thyroid 3GR. which is 180mg. I would say that your dose is closer to the equivelant of Synthroid then mine. I don't know what my last TSH, T4 levels were so I hope thats why he gave me such a high dose... All I know is I felt like the walking dead. I just started my dose today.

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Your doctor gave you much lower dose (60 mg of Armour) compared to 0.112 mg of Synthroid. Explanation is as follows:
60 mg of Armour contains 9 mcg of T3 and 38 mcg of T4.
However T3 in Armour medication is 4 times more potent than T4.
So the actual content of T3 is 4 x 9 = 36 mcg.
Adding up both T3 & T4 = 36 + 38 = 74 mcg = 0.074 mg
So 0.074 mcg of Synthroid is equivalent to 60 mg of Armour. Because you were taking 0.115 of Symthroid, you should take more than 60 mg of Armour.

I suggest you to try 75 mg of Armour and take a blood test for TSH after 3 or 4 weeks. If this dosage doesn't bring your TSH level to normal (from blood test), you need to increase the Armour dosage to 90 mg and take blood test after 3 or 4 weeks. It should show up normal TSH level, which means your thyroid is healed and must be functioning normally.

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Since Armour Thyroid is a different medication that isn't derived from the same sources, it is not dosed in micrograms like Synthroid, so your doctor has prescribed a normal dosage.

Its typical side effects may include nausea, dizziness, and headache.

How are you doing on it? Are you on any other medications?

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