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Comparing Adriamycin vs Armour Thyroid

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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

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

Prescription only

Prescription only

Ratings & Reviews

Recent helpful reviews
6.6
6 Reviews

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.

9 / 10

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.

9 / 10
7.2
197 Reviews

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.

7 / 10

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.

7 / 10

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Drug Class

Side Effects

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.

Pricing and Coupons

* Prices are without insurance
Quantity 5 mL
Dosage 2 mg/mL
Per Unit* $2.91 - $3.24
Cost* $14.54 - $16.22

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Quantity 30 tablet
Dosage 120 mg
Per Unit* $1.34
Cost* $40.30

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Generic Availability

Yes

Yes

Dosage Form(s) Available
  • Intravenous powder for injection
  • Intravenous solution
  • Oral tablet

Brand Names
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 Life

The half-life of a drug is the time taken for the plasma concentration of a drug to reduce to half its original value.

30 hours

168 hours

CSA Schedule**

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N
Not a controlled drug

Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act.
N
Not a controlled drug

Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act.

Pregnancy Category
D
Category D Positive evidence of risk

See the full Pregnancy Warnings document.
A
Category A Studies show no risk

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FDA Alerts

N/A

FDA Alerts (3)

Drug Interactions

A total of 476 drugs are known to interact with Adriamycin:

  • 87 major drug interactions (243 brand and generic names)
  • 361 moderate drug interactions (1208 brand and generic names)
  • 28 minor drug interactions (115 brand and generic names)

A total of 191 drugs are known to interact with Armour Thyroid:

  • 170 moderate drug interactions (2097 brand and generic names)
  • 21 minor drug interactions (65 brand and generic names)

Alcohol/Food/Lifestyle Interactions

No known alcohol/food interactions. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
  • The timing of meals relative to your thyroid desiccated dose can affect absorption of the... View more

Disease Interactions

First Approval Date

N/A

N/A

WADA Class

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N/A

N/A

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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

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