Armour Thyroid Research Paper

The Medication Armour Thyroid is prescribed for treating an underactive thyroid. It is also used to treat or prevent certain types of goiters and to manage thyroid cancer. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor. Armour Thyroid is a thyroid hormone. It works by replacing thyroid hormone when your body does not make enough on its own. You should use Armour Thyroid as directed by your doctor. Different people have different dosages based on how much they need. The type of food that you eat while taking Armour Thyroid may affect the absorption into your body. Foods such as soybean products, may also affect how well Armour Thyroid is absorbed. Double-check with your doctor about how you should take Armour Thyroid with regard to food. Do not take cholestyramine, colestipol, or colesevelam within a 4 to 5 hour time window of taking Armour Thyroid. If you take orlistat or sucralfate, ask your doctor or pharmacist how to take it with Armour Thyroid.
Take Armour Thyroid on a regular schedule to get the best of it. Armour Thyroid works best if it is taken at the same time consecutively, daily. Do …show more content…
Hyperthyroidism is a disorder that is a result from Grave’s Disease. Grave’s disease is a disease that you cannot prevent, or a genetic disease. Yet, Grave’s Disease is not transmitted from person to person by skin contact, but can evolve overtime from lifestyle. People who smoke tobacco have a higher chance to have Grave’s Disease evolve in their system and then follows hyperthyroidism. Not to mention that smoking tobacco can cause many major problems if left untreated. Those major problems can be, but not limited to lung disease, damaging alveoli, emphysema, cancer (located in your bladder, blood, cervix, colon, esophagus, kidney, larynx, Liver, Pancreas, Stomach, and lung), sudden infant death syndrome, low birth weight, bone health, rheumatoid