Thyroid desiccated for Hashimoto's disease User Reviews (Page 4)

• Jes...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 4, 2019

"I too have noticed a different smell from my new prescription from August. They didn't smell pleasant to begin with, but this is downright putrid. I have also been experiencing heart racing and chest pain. I just recently developed rashes that come and go. What happened to NP Thyroid? Where can we get answers?"

• Jes...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 13, 2019

"I get terrible, scary leg and toe cramps (from thigh to toes) along with twitching of feet and inability to walk because of the pain in my feet, which stops when I cease taking Nature-Throid. Oh, yeah, and my legs get so tight sometimes while on the medicine, and I wake up every morning with burning and tingling feet (bottom of my feet and toes), which gets worse every day unless, like I said, I don't take this stuff. It is not a lifesaver for me; not at all!!"

• Lar...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 16, 2020

"I am glad I checked this page, as I thought I was going crazy. I noticed that the NP Thyroid pill thickness had changed, as well as the color, and it had a much 'sweeter' taste to the pill, from what I had been taking. I chalked it up to a different batch, but since taking the new pill, I have had muscle aches, rapid heart rate, blurred vision, back aches, and joints that are 'out' or popping, along with a bad 'do not care' attitude. I have made a complaint to the manufacturer in hopes of getting my money refunded, to go back on Armour Thyroid. Awaiting the results of that... The biggest issue I have is now I will need to start another medicine and get blood checks ($$$) to get the dosage dialed in, after taking a year to get it finally right this last time! THANKS NP!!! It's all a money scam..."

• Min...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 8, 2021

"NP Thyroid is horrible. I have been on Nature Thyroid for 6 years. I have taken two days of this NP, and my heart is racing, I can't concentrate, and vision changes. I need my Nature Thyroid. What is wrong with pharmaceutical companies? I can't live without my thyroid pill. The only thing that works is Nature Thyroid. But now it is not available. What??"

• Wis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 23, 2019

"WP Thyroid worked so well for me before the shortage, I was feeling good and losing weight. I was so excited when it started coming back, over a year later! What a disappointment. It has changed, and do not let anyone tell you any different. After a week of taking it, I was so sick I literally could not get out of bed. Test results proved it did not work the same. NO thanks, WP Thyroid, what a disappointment you turned out to be, and it costs more too! Shameful."

• kat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 4, 2018

"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 motions 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!"

• She...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 4, 2020

"I have just changed from desiccated 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! Really strong cat urine. I am sleepy all the time again. Where do we contact someone to look into this? What's going on?"

• GAT...
• February 24, 2019

"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 counterintuitive and productive for patients like me who have been un and underdiagnosed for years! Time to wake up!"

• che...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 17, 2019

"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."

• Nic...
• December 8, 2020

"I didn't plan on adding a review, but my heart goes out to some people posting recently and really struggling to find the right meds. If your doctor doesn't want to switch your meds because your labs look fine but you don't feel right, find a new doctor. The process of finding the right med can be awful but necessary. I take Armour for Hashimoto's and have been for 5+ years. I took levothyroxine for about 1 year but lost my mind - stopped driving after I forgot how traffic signals worked one day. It did help clamminess, constipation, and foot odor (none of which I knew were tied to thyroid), but it wasn't worth the mental cost. My labs looked great so endocrinologists wouldn't change the meds. Found a naturopath who switched to Armour. It lifted the fog and got me back to a functional level, but honestly I've never felt the same as pre-diagnosis. I had such a bad experience on levothyroxine that I'm too afraid to try to change Armour at all, but it's getting the job done."

• GAD...
• December 16, 2016

"I agree a lot with what others have said. I am currently on 15 mg Armour, but my doctor tried to put me on 30 mg, and I didn't realize it right away. I thought I was sick and dehydrated, but it was the Armour! It made me sick, and I lost a lot of weight, and I felt so bad and dizzy, like my heart wasn't beating fast enough. It was terrible. She switched me back to 15 mg, and I feel good again."

• Mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 10, 2019

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

• LVa...
• April 30, 2021

"Was switched to NP Thyroid after Nature-Throid was recalled. I was doing really well on the Nature-Throid, but I tried to stay positive in taking this one. It smells and tastes disgusting. I noticed unexplained pain in my hip, constant indigestion, upset stomach, random diarrhea. Seven months in and my T3 is off the chart, T4 and TSH are super low, basically hyperthyroid. In the past month, I developed horrible anxiety, crying randomly and uncontrollably, trouble sleeping, and fatigue. I barely recognize myself. Had a complete breakdown in the middle of an exam. My professors are mad and think I'm somehow incompetent, although I kept trying to explain I didn't know what was going on. Finally went to the doctor and found out she had prescribed Armour, but my pharmacy was filling NP instead. I'm fighting with insurance to get Armour covered, but I can't continue with NP. My temporary dose of Armour already smells better than the NP. I'm praying this works, because I don't know what I'm gonna do if it doesn't."

• Hyp...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 4, 2021

"My endo told me in June of this year that Armour had stopped working for her patients. I continued on it, I trusted Armour. It has been around forever. Big mistake. I have had inconsistent dosing that made me hypo, which showed on labs and labs that showed my hyper. I had inconsistent dosing in bottles where I'd take a pill and feel fine, another hypo, another like I'd taken speed. Symptoms were terrifying: anxiety, anxiety attacks, racing heartbeat, palpitations, hot flashes, irregular periods, spotting, hot flashes, migraines, dizziness, high cortisol had to be tested for Cushing's-negative, thank goodness-high blood pressure, panic attacks, insomnia, agitation, inability to handle stress of any kind, hair fall, vision problems, nausea with the migraines, all sorts of digestive issues including food intolerances and diarrhea. I've been in fight or flight for months. I was switched to Levoxyl. My last labs on Armour were normal, but I had all the above symptoms."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 11, 2023

"Started taking Niva 2 months ago. No comparison to NP Thyroid. My hair is no longer so dry it breaks off. No anxiety or panic attacks. Leg cramps and headaches are gone. I highly recommend NIVA THYROID."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 2, 2022

"Was taking Levoxyl for 12 years and felt great. Then went into another Hashi-toxicosis, so TSH increased and had severe hyperthyroid symptoms due to this. My thyroid started to normalize again on Levoxyl, but my primary doctor wanted me to try Armour, so I did. HUGE mistake! I took it only for one week, and it gave me seizures with fear and extreme anxiety, depression, mood changes. TSH rapidly increased, nausea, no appetite, and I started feeling depressed after the very first day taking it. Even after I stopped taking it, I am still dealing with the horrible side effects three months later, especially the anxiety! I never had anxiety, depression, or seizures prior to taking Armour. Stay away from this drug."

• Ms ...
• March 3, 2020

"Yes, since the recall, there have been nothing but terrible results from WP Thyroid and Nature Thyroid as well. Before, you could lose weight, feel great, take on the day. Now, just the opposite, they definitely have made changes to it and don't want to tell us. But hopefully, someone in the government will expose their lies. Because it's worse than ever."

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

"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 of work (I 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."

• Mic...
• March 7, 2017

"This has saved my life. I was on Levothyroxine for 8 years, and it didn't help my fatigue, pain, insomnia, or weight. I've been on WP Thyroid for 5 months and have lost 36 pounds and am no longer at risk for diabetes, and feel like a new person. I still struggle with depression and anxiety, but I feel this medication is amazing."

• Eli...
• July 18, 2017

"Synthroid stopped being effective after a number of years on it. T3 was 'normal' but apparently not optimal, as I was starting to have symptoms like I had before starting the drug. Switched to NT in November, now it is mid-July. I feel 15 years younger, and symptoms that I didn't even know were related to the thyroid problem have receded. Have lost weight (yes, I am working at it, but find it easy) and can walk and pedal for hours instead of sitting on a lounger all day."

• Ann...
• February 3, 2017

"I am completely happy with Armour thyroid medication, which I use after ablation due to hyperactivity of my thyroid. I was on Synthroid, but my body wasn't able to convert T4 to T3. Once a thyroid patient, you will always have slight fluctuations, but overall I feel great!"

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

"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, and, of course, weight gain over the last 2 years. Restarted WP, and after 2 days, itching went away."

• DTa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 23, 2019

"I just started this medication today after being on actual Armour thyroid for almost a year. This medication has given me a horrible headache, 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 it's all about quantity and NOT quality. It's a money game!"

• Bix...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 26, 2024

"Every 3 - 5 years there is a shortage of natural porcine thyroid. This time, Armour, NP, Nature-Throid and a few other brands got hit. This infuriating situation is caused by an FDA rule, stating: all USA meds must be within 10% of labeled potency. This rule makes no sense for porcine thyroid. Porcine thyroid is a natural mix of 4 hormones. It is not a drug. Pigs do not monitor their thyroids, and human thyroids don't care if the potency varies by 20%. The ratio of the 4 hormones is more important. The pigs will meet this criteria. God bless pigs. When I tried Levothyroxine (branded Synthroid), I felt horrible and almost died. Blood tests show that I can't convert T4. I feel normal and well using most brands of natural porcine thyroid. But, I am now forced to try a new brand (Niva) that I'm not sure is natural porcine thyroid. If Niva's preparation is not natural porcine thyroid, in 2-3 months I will be very ill or dead (I also have Addison's disease and Crohn's disease). I will try to report back in 2-3 months."

• Kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 28, 2022

"WORST MEDICATION EVER! Before this, I was on levothyroxine for 4 years, and a new doctor I was seeing switched me to NP. A month in, I was extremely dizzy to where I couldn’t do normal day-to-day things and was scared of standing in public places because I felt like I was going to fall. I ended up quitting the NP thyroid after 4 months of dealing with this, and a month after quitting, I am almost 100% back to normal."