NP Thyroid User Reviews & Ratings (Page 4)

• Bob
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 13, 2021

For Underactive Thyroid "Horrible Horrible Horrible. This new stuff from Accela is just garbage with a variety of side effects. After yesterday's bad day I went back to straight T4. These new pills have no consistency to them. Will never take NP Thyroid again, ever."

• Shern
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 4, 2020

For Hashimoto's disease "I have just changed from dessicated Thyroid to the new ones filled at Costco now I am having constant GERD . I rarely have had GERD. And this stuff smells and tastes like cat urine! Ready strong cat urine. I am sleepy all the time again, where do we contact someone to look into this? What's going on?"

• Artimus
• August 12, 2020

For Underactive Thyroid "I was taking 30mg NP Thyroid and I had to stop it. I hurt all over, lost most of my hair, and the worse part I could not breath. I could only lay around and not walk to do anything. I stopped taking it and I could breath better and pain in my stomach went away. I am not taking anything now. My weight had also gone up. My insurance won't pay for Armour Thyroid and my pharmacy will let me buy it for $13.95. It's very bad for me. God Bless you all."

• GAT
• February 24, 2019

For Hashimoto's disease "Finally a medication that works wonderfully! I have never felt better. So far so good! Used to be on Naturethroid. Had heart palpitations, highs and lows. The Stop The Thyroid Madness Support Group I follow has its members highly recommending NP by Acella. However I do not understand the shortages in these thyroid medications when they are so desperately needed! The AMA has a lot of catching up to do because their protocol is counter intuitive and productive for patients like me who have been UN and UNDER Diagnosed for years! Time to wake up !"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 19, 2021

For Underactive Thyroid "I have been on Nature Throid for years and have felt great. My dr switched me to NP after nature throid was recalled. I felt okay at first and now symptoms are popping up. Sore arms, depression, constipation, brain fog, weight gain, puffy skin and fatigue. This medicine isn't consistent, and not to mention smells and taste like pee. STOP recalling medicine that works for people for pharmaceutical benefit. It's wrong. This stuff is junk."

• chelbym
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 17, 2019

For Hashimoto's disease "I've been on NP Thyroid for over 18 months, after having a terrible experience with Synthroid. For this entire time, it's always tasted like peanut butter. Weird, I know. After some adjustments on dosage, my levels improved continuously. Recently, it's begun tasting like ammonia, cat urine. My stomach rebels and I cannot keep the medication down. I'm concerned about switching brands, but at this point, it's better than nothing. I'll be contacting the company and my pharmacy."

• Marie
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 10, 2019

For Hashimoto's disease "I have been on NP Throid since January 2019. BEWARE I have been in the emergency room 4 times since starting this medication. It started with racing heart for days and my blood pressure would raise from 135/90 to 220/110 in one hour. I was very, very ill went into to ER for this 4 times different times . I got off this medicine no more problems. This batch smells horrible too..BEWARE"

• Becky...
• November 4, 2022

For Underactive Thyroid "Message to my physician: The last prescription you gave me was for Thyroid Np. I have been on armour for 20 plus years. Perhaps it was a mistake or maybe you wanted me try it, but I wasn’t aware of it until my prescription was filled. I decided to go with it, because the price was considerably lower than armour. I have been on it for 6 weeks and had several severe hypo issues, stomach pain, arthritic knee pain, muscle pain. I need to go back on armour ASAP….I feel awful!!!!! I haven’t felt this bad, ever. Sent from my iPhone"

• JPano
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 9, 2019

For Underactive Thyroid "This RX of NP Thyroid used to make me feel so much better, ALMOST 'back to normal'- all of that changed with my August refill. It tastes and smells horrible, makes me nauseas and ALL of my hypo symptoms have returned. Whatever changes they made, it is now worthless to me. I am waiting on my doctor to decide what to change the script to..."

• Anonymous
• August 16, 2018

For Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal "I never write reviews, but want to share my experience with NP Thyroid by Acella. I have many of the same problems listed here already. I have taken thyroid replacement for 20 years. I had been on Armour for years, my dosage is closely monitored as my blood levels fluctuate a lot. My doctor switched my dosage and the pharmacy filled it with the generic NP Thyroid instead of Armour. We have new health insurance. I decided to try it, maybe it would help keep my levels more steady. Three weeks in and this is the worst I have ever felt mentally. I have never been so depressed in my life. I have dealt with anxiety, but this is different; hopeless, weepy with a dark depression. I have gained over 10 pounds and all I want to do is sleep. The confusion and brain fog are almost scary; I can't remember or figure out simple things I do every day. Maybe if I could give it more time, my body would 'adjust', but I had to call my doctor to go back to Armour. There is no way I could take the NP another day."

• Kim...
• March 9, 2017

For Underactive Thyroid "Have taken Armour thyroid for 45 years. Pharmacy switched me to a Acella thyroid np. After a couple of weeks I realized something was wrong. Low energy and just slowed down. Pharmacist insisted that was Armour thyroid! My experience is that acella thyroid is garbage and smells awful too."

• Rachel
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 3, 2019

For Underactive Thyroid "I live in Austin TX and have been taking NP thyroid 30 mg by Acella for about a year since Nature Throid became unavailable. The refill I picked up a few days ago definitely smells and tastes disgusting— cat urine is a good description. I took it for one day and it seemed to upset my stomach. I had my pharmacy take a look at it and they said that indeed it smelled bad, opened a new package and gave me a new refill. When I got home, I opened the bottle and same thing— smells so horrible and tastes disgusting so I didn’t swallow it. I have left messages with Aracella customer service but no call back yet. If anyone else wants to call their number is 678-325-5189. I’ll let you know if they get back to me."

• Anony...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 18, 2019

For Underactive Thyroid "Was prescribed this medication for hypothyroidism. My doctor and I agreed on this one because I would only have to take it once a day as opposed to twice a day which sounded great. Started waking up with really bad headaches (I take other medication 2x a day to control migraines so I thought I was getting sick) but then my knees started hurting really bad and swelling. I stopped taking the medication and a few days later the headaches went away and my knees felt better.."

• CBM
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 30, 2018

For Hashimoto's disease "Pharmacist substituted Armour RX with NP two months ago. I didn’t notice because I didn’t read the label (12+ years taking the same thing.) weight gain, headache, equilibrium/balance off, blurry vision, joints ache, picking up a pitcher of water difficult, memory issues. I’ve missed 4 of the last 5 days work (I’m rarely take leave) because driving the hour to work is too exhausting. Only realized the switch yesterday when I called the pharmacist to request replacement pills-figured I had a “bad batch” of Armour."

• MakaKoa
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 5, 2020

For Underactive Thyroid "I was noticing symptoms of rapid weight gain (bloated face, etc), extreme fatigue, lethargy, high sensitivity to cold, constipation, high cholesterol, etc. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and put on this medication (NP Thyroid) from my general practitioner. I've began having increasing nausea, anxiety, and irritability, rapid heart rate, and haven't noticed any improvements to the original hypothyroidism symptoms. I'm going back to my doctor and requesting a change in medication."

• katydid
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 4, 2018

For Hashimoto's disease "I was unwilling to wait any longer for nature thyroid to get their new production facilities up and running so I switched to NP thyroid. I've been using it for only a couple of weeks, but the transition was completely seamless. I'm sleeping much better and feel well. The biggest surprise is I no longer have problems moving my bowels. On nature thyroid I would need the aid of stool softeners and other products and would still struggle to produce 3 or 4 bowel motion's in a week. Now, on NP thyroid I go effortlessly a minimum of TWICE daily like clockwork. I have never been this regular. Very happy with NP thyroid!"

• Netty
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 30, 2019

For Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal " This was the email from acella .." Good afternoon Antoinette, Thank you for contacting us and we are here to listen to all comments and concerns.  Consumers are of the utmost importance in everything that we do.  We recently changed our API suppliers to an FDA inspected and regulated source in Europe, but all of our manufacturing still takes place in the U.S.  With this change, you may notice slight cosmetic and/odor variances that are no cause for concern.  Our formulation has and will remain consistent, along with our exacting quality standards that undergo rigorous testing to maintain the T3 and T4 always remain within the specifications by the USP.   Please don't hesitate to contact us with any comments or concerns"  I haven't had any symptoms return just yet...anyone else taste cat urine but feeling ok?"

• scary
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 30, 2021

For Underactive Thyroid "This is the scariest medicine I have ever taken. Never had these problems on nature thyroid until I switched to this medication and within a month developed horrible pain in my hand joints that went on for months until it was diagnosed as pseudogout caused by this stuff. Just a very bad and painful experience. Never want to take it again."

• hippy
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 28, 2019

For Underactive Thyroid "I was switched to this medication NP thyroid after being unable to fill my NatureThroid script in June 2019. Since then my mental fog, head aches, body aches have increased. I refilled my prescription mid-September and the latest batch made me so nauseous with a severe headache. I'm now working with a new endocrinologist to get me off of this drug and reevaluate what I need."

• DZG
• July 31, 2015

For Hashimoto's disease "NP is the best NDT on the market today. I have tried EVERYTHING. Was suggested this by Mayo Clinic in MN. I would give it a "10" but it's very very hard to get exactly right....you will have ups and downs. Which technically isn't the fault of the medication. Don't increase your dosage too quickly...happened to me a few times. BE PATIENT and RESEARCH. It will take time to get back to "normal". Good luck and DON'T QUIT!"

• Sonya...
• January 10, 2022

For Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal "Will never take this rubbish again!!!! I have no thyroid and thought this would be a good med since it's natural, wrong!!!!Dizziness, heart palpitations, extreme exhaustion. I am going back to levo as my labs were horrible on NP -elevated T3, but the rest low. No more of this horrid drug."

• JFed
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 22, 2021

For Underactive Thyroid "Please be careful with this medication. I am barely putting it all together this morning. I was on NatureThroid for awhile. I lost weight but was jittery. So my doc changed me to NP Thyroid. For 3 months, I noticed I was starting to gain weight and became extremely tired in the afternoon but thought nothing of it. Then I had my prescription refilled on 1/27 and on 1/31 everything came crashing down. I woke to my body buzzing like slight electrocution. My anxiety went through the roof, ringing in my ears (like loud buzzing), inability to focus, complete insomnia. I would wake at 12:45 every night extremely hot like a hot flash and couldn't go back to sleep (thyroid regulates body temp). I was a zombie! I took myself off this stuff and am recovering SLOWLY because it screwed with my adrenals too. Thyroid and adrenals are linked. Awaiting blood test results to see where to go next."

• Alan
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 7, 2023

For Underactive Thyroid "1.5 mg. I haven't had any problems at all, helps me sleep better, stable heart rate, my muscles tighter, have no more low back pain, and no more vertigo. My adrenals didn't like it at first, but takings some adrenal support helped that. Do your research, so much better than Levothyroxine."

• Felic...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 10, 2019

For Hashimoto's disease "I started taking NP Thyroid after Naturethroid and WP went on backorder. Didn't know it until now when I restarted WP that NP has been the cause of my hives, itching & of course weight gain over the last 2 yrs. Restarted WP and after 2 days itching went away."

• DTano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 23, 2019

For Hashimoto's disease "I just started this medication today after being on actual Armour thyroid for almost a year. This medication is given me a horrible headache and calf cramps and stomach issues and pain. I feel like absolute garbage after finally getting my tsh level at a prime level. This stuff is terrible and the smell is absolutely horrible. Nobody asked me if I wanted the cheaper brand! Obviously paying armour pricing is expensive but I would absolutely keep paying if it meant I don't feel like I do right now. This is so wrong and its all about quantity and NOT quality. It's a money game!"