ARMOUR THYROID users... FDA recall. Read post.

[stella5349]

There is a recall alert on other forums that states Armour thyroid has a warning. I haven't been able to find the FDA valididity yet but wanted to notify the board about what is circulating. If you find the actual link from the FDA - please provide that below in comments.

Here are the identifying specs on the recall.

Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets, USP), 1/2 grain (30 mg) , each tablet contains 19 mcg levothyroxine (T4) and 4.5 mcg liothyronine (T3)

Forest Pharmacuticals Manufacturer

100-count bottle
NDC 0456-0458-01.
Recall # D-231-2011
Lot #: 1077413,
Exp. 9/30/2011

Reason: - 30 mgs pills were marked as a 1 grain (60mg) tablet which could overdose patients.

Suggestions: Return ASAP to your pharmacy and make sure you provide the lot number and exp date to them to check out.

[LazyMoose]

BUMP!!

[stella5349]

It is porcine NDT not synthetic.  These are hormone terms for thyroid T's - not description of drugs.... 1/2 grain (30 mg) , each tablet contains 19 mcg levothyroxine (T4) and 4.5 mcg liothyronine (T3)



Yes, the bottles are marked 30mgs however 1 grain tablets are inside. That would be an overdose of hormone.

I'd love to Red but it may not get stickied up there. We can bump it as it falls for right now.

I didn't see reference to the FDA link until later yesterday in any bulletins. Bitter moment for me when it came out accurate on it happening.

[ggma1000]

I am confused...been away from the boards for months until very recently. I thought Amour Thyroid contained desicated thyroid tissue from pigs, not synthetic: "...each tablet contains 19 mcg levothyroxine (T4) and 4.5 mcg liothyronine (T3) ..." so what does this mean?

[redheadaussie]

Stella, I'd advise you to keep this at the top of the forum if possible. It is getting pushed down the posts.
I saw Janie's post on her site and FB about it.

[ShelleyN720]

I went to the link you provided. The bottles are mislabeled - 60 mg tabs are in 30mg bottles so there IS an issue with overdose! An astute pharmacist should be able to see the difference if they looked closely at the tablets. 30 mg have TD on them, the 60 mg have TE. Just inspected mine - thankfully they have TD on them (30mg)

REASON
Labeling: Label error on declared strength; some bottles are mislabeled as containing 1/2-grain tablets but actually contain 1-grain tablets. The entire lot is being recalled even though some bottles are labeled correctly because bottles of 1/2-grain and 1-grain could be shrink-wrapped together.

[ShelleyN720]

Thanks for the information - I plan to call my pharmacy in the morning. But if the 30 mg are incorrectly marked as 60 mg, it would seem more likely that I'd be under-dosed. I take two 30mg in the morning (60mg) . If it was the other way around & the 60 mg were marked incorrectly as 30 - then I could see overdose issues. Maybe I am misunderstanding.
Still I am very grateful - I must investigate to see if my tabs are in the affected lot.

[stella5349]

Got the link

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/EnforcementReports/ucm242808.htm

It's confirmed... sadly.