Difference between levothyroxine and eltroxin
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So has anyone else had experience of changing brands and gotton ill effects from it. Anyone been on Sandoz brand and changed to Eltroxin- and what happened to their TSH levels/symptoms of hypthy?
I will have to retest TSH after three or so weeks of Eltroxin - to see if its helping but even then lab results sometimes dont match symptoms.. With Hypothyroidism , symptoms AND labs have to be taken into consideration .Right ?
What is the difference between medicine-Thyroxine and Tyronorm available in India, and which type of thyroid has to take thyronorm and thyroxine.
hi there is have hoshimotos since the age of 14 - I have had years and years of not being able to regulate my thyroid levels- in 2010 at the age of 44 I had a total thyroidectomy - I am still battling with my medication - the doctors have put me on eltroxin (which I have been taking since I was 14) and also now diotroxin and euthyrox - I have had some strance symptoms since being on the euthyrox and have narrowed the research down to an allergic reaction to levothyroxine.
I need some help to understand the medication prescribed to my mother due to her high cholesterol (for last 2 years).
Patient information: 60 years old, Female, 5 ft height, 81 lb weight.
I am giving the complete history below but this is the issue in nutshell "Is Levothyroxine right medication for high cholesterol, when the thyroid results (serum T3, T4, TSH) are normal ?
s cholesterol levels were found to be elevated (Total = 274, HDL = 65, LDL = 182, TriGLY = 134). She was prescribed Eltroxin (Levothyroxine 50 mcg) by "Doctor A" and she has been taking the same dosage for the duration.
Recently (within last 2 months) she complained about stomach ache, loss of appetite, bloated feeling, other times feeling hungry but wouldn't be able to eat much. She has lost weight from 98 lb to 81 lb.
Eltroxin is a name-brand for levothyroxine. If it was me, I'd finish the ELT before starting the new meds so you will know if you are having any sort of reaction to the levothyroxine. Not that you will but, just with the very off-chance that you are sensitive to anything in the generic formulation, at least you will know.
I hate to tell you this but it took me a lot longer than just 2 weeks to get my energy back completely after RAI.
According to a company spokesperson, the reformulation was necessary due to changes in the manufacturing operation, moving the production of the Eltroxin from Canada to Germany. While GlaxoSmithKline is saying that levothyroxine in Eltroxin is the same, there are new filler and binders in the reformulated product.
Simply.... it is not the same drug as it was.
Hi: I have been on Eltroxin for 1.5 months now and although i have kept my weight gain under control for many years (although I have been overweight), my weight has suddenly jumped 4.5 Kg (all fat and still gaining) as from the time i started the meds. What can be the cause of it. I have never in my life been this heavy or have gained so quickly. I follow a low GI diet and exercise regularly.
59 ng/ml.She prescribed Eltroxin 50mg once a day and Parlodel 2,5mg half twice a day for 3 months and told to come after 3 months for reblood tests.
Plz tell me how bad it is and is it the right dose for me? How much time will it take my hormones to be normal as i am trying to conceive too?Can i go for tests again at 6 weeks as i am worried whether the medicines are working and the dose is right?
As for my history i haven't many symptoms of hypo.
You might need more med or additional T3 med to go with that T4 med (Eltroxin Levothyroxine Sodium) you are on now.
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I'm a 26-year-old female and I was diagnosed with hypothyroid a month ago. My TSH level was 14!! Before I was diagnosed I had been taking Iboprofen for 3 weeks, which I think caused it. I had started getting severe stomach aches after eating so I went to see the doctor and my blood test confirmed that I had hashimoto's disease. On top of this i have either h pylori or stomach ulcers. The doctor hasn't confirmed what it is yet.
i used to take my eltroxin in the am but i was watchin when i ate everything or takin supplements an it drove me crazy wonderin if it was cuttin out the pill. so i started takin it at night before i go to bed 4 to 5 hours after i stopped eating, by doin this you think the pill will work best? some say to take it am some say pm?
Her husband is a pharmacist, and he says their is a difference between synthroid and levothyroxine, and insists that she stay on levothyroxine.
Is there that much difference between the two? I would think that if you are on one or the other nad stay with it, it shouldn't matter.
There is a difference in Generic Levothyroxine and Name Brand Like Synthroid, I went from 10mg to 25, 50, 75, and finally 100 mg of Levothyroxine (Generic) At that time I started seeing an Endo, He informed me that when it comes to thyroid meds, Generics are not as consistant as name brand meds, all during this prior period my symptoms were all over the place, they would stop for a few days then reappear and I would feel bad for two days, The Endo put me on a name brand (Synthroid) 100mg, at thi
My tyhroid has been removed for over a year. I am currenty taking Levothyroxine (.075 mg). I have lost over half the volume of my hair. My recent test results are as follows:
TSH, 3rd generation - 2.60
T4 (thyroxine), Total
T4 (Tyroxine), Total - 12.8
Free T4 Index (T7) - 4.1
T4, Free - 1.3
T3, Total -91
T3 Uptake -32
I am allergic to dyes in medicines, and can only take the white (.050mg) tablets. Is this drug causing my hair loss, and what can be done to reverse it?
The key is to determine the optimized dose. Too little and you remain feeling like crap, and too much and you also feel like crap.
So the question is, How do you feel?
Also I think you mean TSH and not THS so there is a small typo.
TSH is not accurate enough to use for adjusting dosage. Really need to go by how you feel and what your FT4 and FT3 levels are.
Many people need to have their FT4 to be in the MIDDLE of the range which is 50% or a bit higher. Yours are currently testing at 55.
The typical med for hypothyroidism is levothyroxine, however, levo is dosed in mcg, rather than mg, and giving that much every 4 hours is unheard of, since it takes 4-6 weeks for levothyroxine to reach full potential in your blood.
It would also be very helpful if you can tell us what your T4 and T3 levels were, since those are actually more important than TSH. Also were they Free T4 and Free T3 or were they Total T4 and Total T3? They aren't the same tests.
hi, the result of my thyroid blood test was 5.4 and my Dr.
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