Comparing Adriamycin vs Armour Thyroid
Adriamycin Remove Adriamycin from your drug comparison | Armour Thyroid Remove Armour Thyroid from your drug comparison |
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Adriamycin doxorubicin Remove Adriamycin from your drug comparison | Armour Thyroid thyroid desiccated Remove Armour Thyroid from your drug comparison | ||||||||||||||||
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Prescribed for Breast Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Neuroblastoma, Thyroid Cancer, Stomach Cancer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Ovarian Cancer, Osteosarcoma, Lymphoma, Multiple... View more |
Prescribed for Hashimoto's disease, Underactive Thyroid, Hypothyroidism - After Thyroid Removal, TSH Suppression, Thyroid Cancer. Armour Thyroid may also be used for purposes not listed in this... View more |
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Ratings & ReviewsRecent helpful reviews |
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6.6
For Breast Cancer: Adriamycin made me really weak and I had to have blood transfusions. I had 4 doses. I'm coming up on 3 years cancer free so I think it worked well. I'm concerned about the long term side effects. |
7.2
For Underactive Thyroid: I used to be on Armour...then it was unavailable for a while since they were reformulating it. I don't know why they had to reformulate it. It was working fine and is an old reliable drug. After the reformulation, my side effects (that I didn't have before) included my feet cramping at night.....often. Changed to Nature-throid and don't have that problem. For Underactive Thyroid: Armour reduced water retention and joint/tendon fatigue. However, it made me ravenous and raised my free T3 to uncomfortable levels. I also couldn't exercise. Back to Synthroid in the morning and 15 mg Armour in the afternoon... Better. |
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Side Effects |
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Common side effects include: severe nausea and vomiting, nausea and vomiting, and alopecia. See the full Adriamycin side effects document. |
See the full Armour Thyroid side effects document. |
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Pricing and Coupons* Prices are without insurance |
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View all Adriamycin prices and generic prices |
View all Armour Thyroid prices and generic prices |
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Other doxorubicin brands include: Adriamycin PFS, Adriamycin RDF | Other thyroid desiccated brands include: Bio-Throid, Nature-Throid, NP Thyroid, Thyroid Porcine, Westhroid, WP Thyroid | ||||||||||||||||
Half LifeThe half-life of a drug is the time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to reduce to half its original value. |
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30 hours |
168 hours |
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CSA Schedule**View glossary of terms. |
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Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Pregnancy Category |
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Category D
Positive evidence of risk
See the full Pregnancy Warnings document. |
Category A
Studies show no risk
See the full Pregnancy Warnings document. |
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N/A |
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Drug Interactions |
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A total of 476 drugs are known to interact with Adriamycin:
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A total of 191 drugs are known to interact with Armour Thyroid:
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No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider. |
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WADA ClassView World Anti-Doping Agency classifications. |
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** The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
Further information
Always consult your healthcare provider to ensure the information displayed on this page applies to your personal circumstances.
For Breast Cancer: I did not experience any side effects, but based on a clinical trial result, I walked at a brisk pace for an hour most days to avoid cardiotoxicity.