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Armour Thyroid |
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- Description - |
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Armour Thyroid is prescribed when your thyroid gland is unable to produce enough hormone. It is also used to treat or prevent goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland), and is given in a "suppression test" to diagnose an overactive thyroid. |
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Changes in appetite,diarrhea,fever,headache,increased heart rate,irritability,nausea,nervousness,sleeplessness,sweating,weight loss |
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Asthma medications such as Theo-Dur
Blood thinners such as Coumadin
Cholestyramine (Questran)
Colestipol (Colestid)
Estrogen preparations (including some birth control pills such as Ortho-Novum and Premarin)
Insulin
Oral diabetes drugs such as Diabinese and Glucotrol)
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- Manufacturer - |
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Forest Pharmaceuticals |
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13600 Shoreline Drive |
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St. Louis, MO 63045 |
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USA |
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