Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | |
Date: | Tue, 6 May 1997 10:24:24 -0700 |
Content-Type: | TEXT/PLAIN |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
> In a message dated 5/4/97 6:39:19 PM, Esther wrote:
>
> <<BTW, I thought I had an equivalence chart of Synthroid/Armour, but I don't.
> Had someone published one on the list recently?>>
>
> I'd be interested, too. My doctor said the 90 mgs of Armour he was
> prescribing translated to a little higher dose than the .05 Synthroid I was
> on.
From the 1977 PDR:
mg levothyroxine Armour equivalent Thyrolar T4/T3
0.025 1/4 gr 0.0125 / 0.0031 mg
0.050 1/2 gr 0.025 / 0.00625
0.1 1 gr 0.05 / 0.0125
0.2 2 gr, etc. 0.1 / 0.025
Synthroid, Levoxyl and others are levothyroxine. These equivalences don't
translate into equal amounts of hormone absorbed into the body: the
fillers each company uses to bind the hormones into pills are different
and are absorbed differently, and there are great variations among
patients too.
Hope this helps.
Graciela
|
|
|