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I recently refilled my Armour Thyroid script.  The insurance company allows for a 90 day supply, so its been some time since I needed a refill.  Since being given this wonderful medication in 2000, I take it by chewing it a bit and swallowing.

A couple days after the refill, I opened the new bottle, popped the little pill in my mouth, bit down and ran for the trash!  OMG — what had I put in my mouth, mud?

I turned on the lights, drug out the bottle and started inspecting the pills.  First thing I noticed was the normal Armour “pork” smell was gone.  But the markings were right, the bottle label was right, but this crap wasn’t right.

I took another and swallowed – then hit the Internet, specifically Thyroid.About.com.

There I found my answer…

Armour Thyroid’s Spring 2009 Reformulation Causing Problems

During the Spring of 2009, the natural desiccated thyroid drug, Armour Thyroid, apparently underwent a reformulation of fillers, including a decrease in the amount of dextrose, increase in cellulose, and the addition of cornstarch to the tablets.

…and from further down in the article ….

Some patients who had been using the medication sublingually (allowing it to dissolve under the tongue) have said that it no longer dissolves easily, and the lack of sweetness has made the taste intolerable. Some of those who continue to use the medication sublingually have said that it does not appear to be working as well as before.

That’s why my pills tasted like mud!

So if you have had the same problem and are also experiences TSH or hypo symptoms again, get the to your doctor!

I fortunately had been on a reduced dose, without a reduction in the pill strength prescribed, so after about four days I upped my dose back to 2 grains daily and the symptoms have subsided.

Yes people – the medication companies give a tinkers’ damn how you react to their shenanigans with the formulation of the medications you take.

You think its bad now?

Wait until Obamacare gets a hold of it! Mud will have tasted sweet then.

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