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I have found this printed on the insert of my Levothyroxine - does anyone have any experience please?
I have found this printed on the insert of my Levothyroxine - does anyone have any experience please?
I've been on Levothyroxine since last August and have noticed no difference in my blood glucose whatsoever.I have found this printed on the insert of my Levothyroxine - does anyone have any experience please?
Sorry, found what? I can't see anything and am interested as I've got a lazy thyroid and have to take Levothyroxine.I have found this printed on the insert of my Levothyroxine - does anyone have any experience please?
I take actavis levothyroxine tablets. The enclosed leaflet does say:Sorry, found what? I can't see anything and am interested as I've got a lazy thyroid and have to take Levothyroxine.
Thanks @Prem51 I'll see if it's the same on mineI take actavis levothyroxine tablets. The enclosed leaflet does say:
Check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking Levothyroxine tablets if you:
*have suffered from an under active thyroid gland for a long time.
*suffer from heart problems including angina, coronary artery disease or high blood pressure.
*are being treated for diabetes. The dose of your anti-diabetic medicine may need to be changed as levothyroxine can raise blood sugar levels.
Its under Section 2: Before you take.
Mine is the Mercury Pharma leaflet, and yes it will be like any other - it will be for some people only.@Kittylitter - Are you looking at the Wockhardt Patient Information Leaflet?
I can see in the list of "Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction", it talks about elevated blood sugars, but my interrrpretation is like any other potential outcome when taking any drug; it will happen to some people. It might even happen to quite a few people, but there are also those for whom therre will be zero effect.
I am learning a lot about thyroid now, as have been over to health unlocked re thyroid, and it does seem a lot of people need to be on a lot higher dose than what the TSH levels state on blood tests.I've just remembered one thing about underactive thyroid is that it adds weight. So the underactive thyroid itself is prone to higher bgs but not levothyroxine... Well, for me.
Hence how important it is to get the right amount for your body.
According to a forum I am looking at, 50% of patients don't feel well enough on Levothyroxine, even with tsh in range.I believe there are several members who are also diagnosed with hypothyroidism, so there are likely many other users of Levothyroxine around who may have views.
I have only had one marginally hypothyroid TSH test, but am trialling Levothyroxine to try to alleviate some uncomfortable symptoms. I haven't noticed anything particularly different in my blood scores, but my trial was started at 25 microgrammes, titrated to still only 50microgrammes a day. I inderstand from others with hypothyroidism that the dose I am taking is teenie, tiny.
They do say that Hypo weight will not go until it is properly treated, with optimal thyroid hormones and this may not be Levothyroxine only - you probably know all this already, and hypothyroid patients have a different type of weight to do with muncin? This wont come off with diet/exercise and fasting makes it worse - a lot of doctors dont know how to measure thyroid hormones let alone test for free t4 free t3 etc and know ranges etc - I am waiting to have a private blood test next week and have ordered some t3 - which doctors hate - but what is the alternative? stay in bed for life.My endo has given me a reduced 175mg after chest pains and severe palpitations. On odd days I'm tired... Still. But could be my iron levels again or from odd high bg or stress of family life.
Only blood tests can tell you how things are. Every thyroid book I've read in my 25yrs of being an underactive sufferer all states patients feel better on a higher dose than GPs suggest.
Ive added weight by adding more medications to help with pain and balance. So I need more thyroxine. So I've taken 25mg more than last suggested. Until I can lose again. Betablockers add weight on me too so them being doubled didn't help my weight losing months.
They also say that all the ferritin and b12 vit d3 has to be high to help convert thyroid hormones, and cortisol addrenals etc are also involved, it is a very complex subject.My endo has given me a reduced 175mg after chest pains and severe palpitations. On odd days I'm tired... Still. But could be my iron levels again or from odd high bg or stress of family life.
Only blood tests can tell you how things are. Every thyroid book I've read in my 25yrs of being an underactive sufferer all states patients feel better on a higher dose than GPs suggest.
Ive added weight by adding more medications to help with pain and balance. So I need more thyroxine. So I've taken 25mg more than last suggested. Until I can lose again. Betablockers add weight on me too so them being doubled didn't help my weight losing months.
So eating well will help with those 3 to some degree. Sun expose for vitd3 more so.They also say that all the ferritin and b12 vit d3 has to be high to help convert thyroid hormones, and cortisol addrenals etc are also involved, it is a very complex subject.