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Several months back they increased my dosage for the first time and when I got it filled I was given Levothyroxine. I don't know what the difference is and didn't think anything of it till my hair started coming out. My doc wasn't sure if it was the increase in the meds that caused the hair loss or the change from Levoxyl to Levothyroxine, but my hair is still falling out and I had the whole thyroid removed on Dec. 21st and take NO meds right now.

we have a new medication called Tirosint, which is a gelcap and the only ingredients are the levothyroxine, water and glycerin. You might see if there's anything similar in UK. Also, we've had many members who have been unable to get proper testing/treatment in UK, because of the rigid NHS guidelines. Some have had to go private to get well.

My doctor actually prescribed calcium for me. Just be sure you don't take it within an hour of taking levothyroxine/synthroid. It will interfere with absorption.

My internist did not measure anything else, and I'm waiting to get in to see the endo (no openings til March). My internist put me on 75 mcg of levothyroxine generic three days ago. How long before symptoms should start to subside? Has anyone had good luck on levothyroxine? My mother has taken Synthroid namebrand for twenty years with mostly good luck.

That is, they really do have the actual anount of active ingredient that it says it has. (ie. 100 mcg-100 mcg) Sounds obvious, but generics can differ by as much as 25% in active ingredient and the FDA is ok with that! (ie. 100 mcg generic levothyroxine could have between 75-125 mcg) This really matters with thyroid meds because the TSH needs to be kept in a very narrow range and a small difference in the amount of t4 you get can make a big difference in the TSH and how you feel.

when pharmacy tried to do the switcharoo from my regular Levoxyl 125 mcg, to Levothyroxine.... there is something in the Levothyroxine that doesn't let the medication be absorbed properly in my body. Just another story for you to think about. Cheeper is not always as effective!! And yet insurances push it. By the way if it's cheeper, for you then the ingredients must be too.

have their own inactive ingredients, plus dyes and all the generics have the same active ingredient T4. If a person is sensitive they might have a reaction from the inactive ingredients or dyes from any of the brands, as well as Levothyroixne, Armour, Cytomel or the equivalent. The FDA has determined that generic Levothyroxine and brand-name Synthroid and Levoxyl are equivalent. The FDA requires all drugs, both brand-names and their generic counterparts, to be proven safe and effective.

The new Aetna plan I am on is charging me $50 per month and I am told that I can take Levothyroxine Sodium for only $10 a month. Is there any downside to switching to this generic alternative?

The colors tell you which dosage you're taking. The 25 mcg pills simply have more fillers/binders and less of the active ingredient (levothyroxine) than the 100 mcg pills.

I was unable to find any information on BytorPlus - I will have her send me the active ingredients from the medicine through email. My question - will taking Levothyroxine and Atorvastatin Calcium together have any side effects? She has a over-weight situation and her weight has stayed around 70kg (140+ Lb) since over 5 months despite regular exercise and dieting, and so the doctor recommended these medicines.

My question concerns Synthroid. On Dec 04, 2006 at 12:00AM, Mark Lupo, M.D. said in answer to a question: "Levoxyl is another brand -- there is no advantage to Synthroid. Protecting the brand has advantages over generic regarding consistency of levels. the generic is levothyroxine". Huh? What on earth does that answer mean? "Protecting"? "consistency of levels?

Shortly after giving birth, I had my annual checkup with my oncologist was found to have hypothyroidism and was prescribed levothyroxine. Ever since that day, my life has never been the same. I started out with and continue to have a "light-headed" feeling. I've had double vision at times. Nausea. Insomnia. Constant heart palpitations. Very recently I have suffered from anxiety, to which one doctor basically patted my head and told me I had "panic disorder".

I'm currently on Levothyroxine and am wondering if synthroid is a better alternate.. Has anyone found out that synthroid was better than levothyroxine? Synthroid is more expensive so I really need to know whether it is right choice.. The only side-effects I am getting are occasional light headness and dizziness, which may or not be due to the thyroid meds....

I started taking levothyroxine two day ago. after the first day i woke up dizzy and could stand more than a couple of minutes without getting sick to my stomache. i went to the doctor and he tried to tell me it probably mixed wrong with another drug i am taking. i don't take anything else, not even tylenol. I don't drink, no tobacco, no drugs. Then he went on to say my dizziness is unrelated to the drug and wanted to give me another ddrug for dizziness but i declined.

Can levothyroxine cause my skin to burn?

Thyroid treatments may seem similar, but slight differences in the active or inactive ingredients for generic levothyroxine drugs can result in dramatic changes to hormone levels, from 25 percent too much thyroid hormone to 20 percent too little, the physician groups said. When changes are made to patients' thyroid hormone regulation, they sometimes suffer a severe recurrence of their symptoms.

So for two years endured only TSH tests and minimum Levothyroxine while undergoing chemo, radiation and later, pelvic floor reconstruction. Now I have a doctor who is willing to let me switch back to Naturethroid but is not familiar with it and only does Free T3 and Free T4, along with TSH. I am sluggish, have patches of dry skin, itchy scalp, often depressed, cold, emotionally drained, and feel I just can't do 'it' anymore.

I tried to start taking 50mcg of Levothyroxine (generic), BUT I had to stop the med. after 5 days due to an unpleasant adverse reaction. Each day shortly after taking the pill I would feel drugged/intoxicated or unpleasantly high (as if on speed), this was followed by nausea, a headache, a warm or burning sensation all over my skin, and diarrhea. Each time these symptoms stopped about four hours after they began.

From there it breaks down to generic levothyroxines and brand named levothyroxines. One of those brands is called Synthroid. Some other brands are Levoxyl; Levothroid; Unithroid. I hope you don’t think I’m jumping on your case. It is all…like stupid confusing. Anyway, to answer you poll, I take the brand Levoxyl. Of your choices, that would put me in the same category as Synthroid. My dr recommended I be on a synthetic med that is a brand. Due to my insurance I chose Levoxyl.

Has anyone had high blood pressure while taking Synthroid and Levothyroxine? I am hypo and I was given .50 Levothyroxine and I started filling shaky and light headed, I had trouble breathing and felt pressure in my chest, stomach cramps, headaches, and high blood pressure so my doctor told me to stop taking them and referred me to an endo who put me on .

Hi. I just started taking levothyroxine 50mcg on Saturday. Since Saturday afternoon I have had a headache and feel dizzy. Being new to this I am wondering if this is normal? Does my body just need time to get used to the medicine or is it possible my dosage is too high? Some background info: I've had my levels checked every couple of months since last April by my pcp. I just went to an endo on Friday and this is my most recent lab results.

All Synthroid is levothyroxine, but not all levothyroxine is Synthroid........ There are several different manufacturers that produce brand name levothyroxine, such as Tirosint (gel cap), Levoxyl, Levothroid, Unithroid, etc....... You could be on one of the other brands, but if the VA does not allow brand names, you'd be on generic levothyroxine. Besides those name brands, there are still other manufacturers that produce generic and each one uses different fillers/binders.

I have been on my Levothyroxine for 3 weeks. The first week, I felt a bit crazy, jittery when I tried to lay down to sleep and so on. Now I am very tired, I wasn't even tired before I knew I had a thyroid issue and was put on the stuff. I just don't understand why I feel worse taking something rather than feel better than what I thought of as I was feeling just fine before. And I have a strange lingering after taste in my mouth all day?

I would suggest to anyone allergic to the fillers in levothyroxine tablets (whether brand name or generic) trying Tirosint. It's the same active ingredient as levo tablets, but is a gelcap no fillers, except water) and hyopallergenic. Dessicated is a possible alternative also, but not everyone can or should try to tolerate the high T3 content in dessicated (depending on other health problems, general health, age, etc.).

I am 38 years old and have been taking levothyroxine for about 6 years. Developed hypothyroidism after the birth of my last child at age 32. I was up to 175 mcg. About an hour after I was taking it I felt awful. Kind of lethargic, I have episodes when I feel like I'm going to faint, I feel mean and tired, I just really don't feel like myself. I quit taking it for 2 months just to see if the symptoms went away, and they did but I was totally exhausted and my TSH went from 3.5 to 38 (yikes).

As I mentioned in another post I have been on synthroid for couple of years and and the past 2 years on levothyroxine at 125mg. Over these years I have had no good results from them as far as eliminating ANY of the problems associated with my thyroid. My TSH on 3/05/07 was 8.27. Doc said my T4 & T3 levels were within normal Range and to come back in 3 months.

Search Results for Switched from levothyroxine round tablets (50mcg) to levothyroxine oblong tablets (50 mcg) now feel sick dizzy and just awful why? Also, will it stop? Have only been taking them for 3 days now.

Recently told to take Levothyroxine. Started yesterday morning at 7 am. At noon I started crying for no reason and felt depressed for over an hour. I wasn't depressed before this nor have I been depressed for many years. Today took pill at 7 am and around the same time, started crying again and depressed. It lasted about 2 hrs. Is this a side effect? I called my Dr and her nurse said she had never heard anything like this and would run it by my Dr and see what she thinks.

There's nothing about the ADs causing thyroid problems. It says that Levothyroxine--only one listed--is not suppose to be taken with AD's. I'm on big time amount of Celexa for my depression and also anxiety, but it states that the levo can make the anxiety worse if taken with AD's. Have done a lot of research into this. The entire lithium/thyroid med issue is a real mess when you read it. Lithium destroys thyroid tissue, but they don't want you taking the 2 together. HUH? Crazy.

2mIU/L!). He was started on 25mcg Levothyroxine, and we were told to jump the dose up to 50mcg 2 weeks after that. Then he would have a blood test to check his thyroid function at around 1 month after starting Levo (2 weeks after the higher dose) to check whether or not to increase it again. The TSH was 2.8mIU/L (I think) and I was told it was well within the normal range, and so was his Free T4 (I can't remember the number but it was also well within the middle of the normal range).

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