Swine Flu and Armour Thyroid: Will Swine Flu Affect Desiccated Thyroid Medications, Made from Porcine (Pig) Thyroid?
Swine Flu and Armour Thyroid: Will Swine Flu Affect Desiccated Thyroid Medications, Made from Porcine (Pig) Thyroid? Sunday April 26, 2009 >I’ll be talking to the pharmacists at the thyroid drug manufacturers right away, but in the meantime, I wanted to take a look at the concerns regarding any potential connection between swine flu and thyroid medications like Armour or Nature-throid, which are derived from pigs. Here is perhaps the most important fact that thyroid patients need to know. According to the Centers for Disease Control, eating pork does not transmit the virus. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. (Source: Key Facts about Swine Influenza (Swine Flu)) And since thyroid medication undergoes rigorous processing, including a cooking/heating phase, the chance that it would transmit any forum of virus is almost non-existent. We don’t, for exa
