Thyroxine and methylprednisolone

[Lasagne777]

Can I take my prednisolone and levothyroxine together or better one hour apart ?

[piglette]

There is no reported interactions between prednisone and levothyroxine.

[lynda1955 in reply to piglette]

I tend to take my levothyroxine when I wake up in the morning then my prednisone with my breakfast.

[Sophiestree]

The ideal time to take your thyroxine medication is before you got to bed on an empty stomach. I switched and now it makes the whole thing re taking the pred in the morning a whole lot easier too!

[rosie_jones]

Hi there.You should allow 30-60 minutes after taking levthyroxine before eating or drinking anything but water. See drugs.com/medical-answers/e.... Prednisolone should be taken (ideally) with breakfast.

I hate Mondays - alendronic acid with 300ml of water, 30 minutes later, levthyroxine with another 200 ml of water. Another 30 minutes and finally a cup of tea! Breakfast (and prednisolone) about an hour and a half after waking, by which time, there's so much liquid sloshing about, I've lost my appetite!

[Daffodilia]

I take levothyroxine before breakfast which I believe is correct and take prednisolone after as I need food to prevent nausea and ? damage to digestive system - works out about 1 hour apart

[Blodders2]

I take my thyroxine very early in the morning between 4am and 6am I don't set an alarm my body tells me I need to visit the bathroom 😜 then I take my prednisolone after my breakfast about 9.00am I like to give my thyroxine time to get through my system before taking anything else, after starting prednisolone in June I used to take thyroxine about thirty minutes before food in the morning and then prednisolone after I had breakfast but after a couple of weeks I started feeling more tired than usual so changed timings of medication I do feel a lot better now, whether it was the change in time or just coincidence I don't know but its working for me.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Thyroid meds are best absorbed from an empty stomach so delaying taking morning pred for an hour or more is advisable since usually pred is better taken with food.

It is also possible to switch taking thyroid meds to before bed - and it achieves better management.

[Myfoe]

yes it should not be an issue taking them together or within an hour of each other but avoid taking things like antacids together with them though