FDA has announced a ban on natural desiccated thyroid (NDT) drugs like Armour and NP Thyroid. Here's a recap, and what hypothyroid patients taking natural thyroid can do to fight back!
youtu.be/u2ND39sIlcQ
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FDA has announced a ban on natural desiccated thyroid (NDT) drugs like Armour and NP Thyroid. Here's a recap, and what hypothyroid patients taking natural thyroid can do to fight back!
youtu.be/u2ND39sIlcQ
Here's my coverage from back in 2022, when the FDA
first started talking about this:
www.palomahealth.com/learn/natura...
I will be finding out more and reporting on the issue further, and will keep you posted as I learn more.
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so that pricing is commensurate with other more expensive biologic drugs.
Here's the summary of the FDA action:
www.fda.gov/drugs/enforc...
Here's the letter (PDF) the FDA sent to the various NDT manufacturers:
www.fda.gov/media/188081...
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from the FDA, but it's possible it may not be until AFTER the 1 year deadline.
I also predict that whoever gets the first NDT biologic drug approval -- and I suspect it will be AbbVie's Armour Thyroid -- will raise the prices significantly...
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After that, they will force those manufacturers without approval to stop selling their NDT medication. They will also ban compounded NDT at that time.
I currently don't have estimates as to when there may be NDT brands that have received biologic approval...
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that have not gone through the lengthy and very expensive process of getting approval as a "biologic" drug.
The FDA is saying they will allow for a 1 year period for patients to switch from NDT to synthetic medication.
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๐งต ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ Some rough news for our hypothyroid community!
If you're on a natural desiccated thyroid (NDT) drug like Armour or NP Thyroid, you should be aware that the FDA is now taking action to ban ALL NDT drugs...
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