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Updated August 18, 2014.

Forest Laboratories: Still Stonewalling Thyroid Patients About Thyrolar

November 2009 -- Forest continued to maintain incorrect information about U.S. Pharmacopeia standards for thyroid drugs, blaming them for the company's inability to produce thyroid drug Thyrolar.More »


Armour Thyroid's Spring 2009 Reformulation Causing Problems


July 2009 -- During the Spring of 2009, the natural desiccated thyroid drug, Armour Thyroid, underwent a reformulation of fillers, including a decrease in the amount of dextrose, increase in cellulose, and the addition of cornstarch to the tablets. Since that time, some patients reported a variety of problems with the new Armour More »

Armour Thyroid Recall: Do You Need to Be Concerned?

February 2011 -- A bottling and labeling error by Forest caused a large-scale recall of Armour Thyroid.More »

Forest Fined Millions After Pleading Guilty to Multiple Charges

>March 2011 -- The Justice Department announced that Forest Pharmaceuticals, the maker of a number of drugs -- including thyroid drugs Armour Thyroid, Thyrolar and Levothroid -- has been sentenced to pay $150 million in fines, after pleading guilty to a number of criminal felony and misdemeanor charges. The company is also forfeiting assets of $14 million.More »

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