Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl View Post
To clarify the previous post, I agree that many of us need combo therapy, and that while armour is one way to get both T4 and T3, you should know that you can also take synthetic versions of both T4 and T3 (the T4 I take is called synthroid and the T3 is called cytomel). What is nice about the synthetics, is that you can titrate the dosages of each hormone separately, and end up with very consistent dosing.
Just a note, you get a very consistent dose of both the T3 and the T4 in the Armour, too, it's just not ADJUSTABLE, LOL! Some people find it's a tad bit too much T3. I tolerate it just fine, but if you take Armour and need to get less T3, you would reduce the Armour and add a little bit of synthetic T4.

Also, a few years ago $ynthroid was taken off the market for a time because of repeated problems with inconsistent dosage. They were warned several times over an 8 to 10 year period to improve dosage consistency and ignored the FDA, until finally the FDA pulled it from the market. So it's $ynthroid, not Armour, that has had problems with consistency.

My doctor wanted to put me on synthetics, but the cytomel is pretty expensive (or was back then). Armour is a much MUCH cheaper option for me.