Q. You have written about the difficulties some patients have in getting specific doses of Armour Thyroid. Many of these patients might consider having desiccated natural thyroid compounded for them.
At our compounding pharmacy, we have been formulating all the strengths, including some very customized versions.
The prescribing doctor should write the prescription as Natural Compounded Thyroid Desiccated. Your readers might request a Certificate of Analysis, which would provide the guarantee that the compounding pharmacy is using a USP powder. This would have the same T3:T4 ratio as the commercial products.
A. We have heard from several pharmacists who are compounding thyroid hormone. Thank you for suggesting an alternative for those who can’t get the appropriate dose of Armour desiccated thyroid during the current shortage.
