Save Natural Thyroid Coalition Kicks Off Advocacy Effort

On Thursday, September 24, 2009, the Steering/Strategy Committee for the Save Natural Thyroid Coalition had its first kickoff teleconference, to discuss the future of natural desiccated thyroid drugs.

[D Nettles]

At a time when we are all looking at the cost of health care, I think it is important to keep Armour thyroid on the market. It is a more affordable alternative to the synthetic thyroid medications, and for me it works so much better. I have switched to the synthetic during the shortage of Armour thyroid and my symptoms were worse then not taking any medication at all.
Armour thyroid has improved my quality of life by leaps and bounds and I do not want to loose this very effective, reasonably priced medication

[Carol]

Try Canadadrugs.com , I did and got my perscription filled. I won't give up my Amour, it is the only thing that makes me feel human.

[T Hargens]

I have been taking a compounded version of Armour and my symptoms previous to taking Armour have all returned within 6 weeks. Please bring back Armour to this country.
I have allergic reactions to generic.

[Hurtin]

You can certainly tell money talks in DC. This should have never happened. Buy, when generic drug companys go after "natural alternative", so to speak, is really getting bad. I'm assuming this applied to other "natural" manufacturers as well (Western Thyroid? and another I can't remember the name). I very much liked the Armour, except when they changed something awhile back (approx. 6 months ago) that cauded me some problems. I'm currently taking a small amount of levothyroxin along with my lowered Armour dose, which I am almost out of, and am doing relly well and hate to mess it up. What is the cirrent word on Armour and the others in the same classification?