ARMOUR THYROID tablet

Country: United States

Language: English

Source: NLM (National Library of Medicine)

Active ingredient:

THYROID, PORCINE (UNII: 6RV024OAUQ) (SUS SCROFA THYROID - UNII:6RV024OAUQ)

Available from:

Northwind Pharmaceuticals, LLC

INN (International Name):

THYROID, PORCINE

Composition:

THYROID, PORCINE 60 mg

Administration route:

ORAL

Prescription type:

PRESCRIPTION DRUG

Therapeutic indications:

Armour Thyroid tablets are indicated: As replacement or supplemental therapy in patients with hypothyroidism of any etiology, except transient hypothyroidism during the recovery phase of subacute thyroiditis. This category includes cretinism, myxedema, and ordinary hypothyroidism in patients of any age (children, adults, the elderly), or state (including pregnancy); primary hypothyroidism resulting from functional deficiency, primary atrophy, partial or total absence of thyroid gland, or the effects of surgery, radiation, or drugs, with or without the presence of goiter; and secondary (pituitary), or tertiary (hypothalamic) hypothyroidism (SeeWARNINGS). As pituitary TSH suppressants, in the treatment or prevention of various types of euthyroid goiters, including thyroid nodules, subacute or chronic Iymphocytic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's), multinodular goiter, and in the management of thyroid cancer. Thyroid hormone preparations are generally contraindicated in patients with diagnosed but as yet uncorrected adr

Product summary:

Armour Thyroid tablets are evenly colored, light tan, round tablets, with convex surfaces. One side is debossed with a mortar and pestle beneath the letter “A” on the top and strength code letters on the bottom. Note: (T3 liothyronine is approximately four times as potent as T4 levothyroxine on a microgram for microgram basis.)

Authorization status:

unapproved drug other

Summary of Product characteristics

ARMOUR THYROID- ARMOUR THYROID TABLET
NORTHWIND PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
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ARMOUR THYROID
DESCRIPTION
Armour® Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP)* for oral use is a natural
preparation derived from porcine
thyroid glands and has a strong, characteristic odor. (T3 liothyronine
is approximately four times as
potent as T4 levothyroxine on a microgram for microgram basis.) They
provide 38 mcg levothyroxine
(T4) and 9 mcg liothyronine (T3) per grain of thyroid. The inactive
ingredients are calcium stearate,
dextrose, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate and
opadry white.
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
The steps in the synthesis of the thyroid hormones are controlled by
thyrotropin (Thyroid Stimulating
Hormone, TSH) secreted by the anterior pituitary. This hormone's
secretion is in turn controlled by a
feedback mechanism effected by the thyroid hormones themselves and by
thyrotropin releasing hormone
(TRH), a tripeptide of hypothalamic origin. Endogenous thyroid hormone
secretion is suppressed when
exogenous thyroid hormones are administered to euthyroid individuals
in excess of the normal gland's
secretion.
The mechanisms by which thyroid hormones exert their physiologic
action are not well understood.
These hormones enhance oxygen consumption by most tissues of the body,
increase the basal metabolic
rate, and the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Thus,
they exert a profound influence on
every organ system in the body and are of particular importance in the
development of the central
nervous system.
The normal thyroid gland contains approximately 200 mcg of
levothyroxine (T4) per gram of gland, and
15 mcg of liothyronine (T3) per gram. The ratio of these two hormones
in the circulation does not
represent the ratio in the thyroid gland, since about 80 percent of
peripheral liothyronine (T3) comes
from monodeiodin