Sometimes its difficut to recognise the size difference between 100mcg pill and 25 mcg pill so easy to make a mistake when in a hurry.

[Carrola]

Had a total thyroidectomy almost 14 years ago started on meds of 150mcg then 125 microgrammes now 125 and 100 alternate days. Not sure if that is enough as it has affected cholestrol levels. However too much is bad for your bones!!!! isn't it?

[helvella Administrator]

I highly recommend that when you are NOT in a hurry you do something to avoid this sort of mistake. Thyroid hormones are serious medicines with potentially serious effects.

If you have blister packs, you could always mark the 100s or the 25s with a marker pen.

If they are loose, get a day-by-day medicine container. Carefully take them out and put them in the small compartments.

Too much has always been claimed to be bad for bones. But we have seen several people here on high-ish BUT APPROPRIATE thyroid hormone doses report improved results from bone scans.

Rod

[Jackie]

I have too take dozens of drugs every day. I put a week at a time into pyramid. However, if only on thyroid meds they would easily go in the box for a week , that the chemists sell.Nit expensive.

Thyroid meds are potent, if you want the dose as prescribed,it is important to get it right otherwise no way of telling if it is right for you.

Best wishes,Jackie

[ShakirasMum]

I keep my thyroid meds in their foil packs in a lunchbox in the fridge. I have 50s 75s and 100s, which I combine to take my 125 or 150 daily dose. I have 125 on 5 days a week and 150 on 2 days a week. what I do is place the 50 and 75 foil packs that I am going to use on top of the lunchbox so that when I pull it out of the fridge the correct packs are right there and I only need to take one of each. on Tuesdays and Saturdays I put the 75 pack away and get out a 100 pack ready for my Wednesday morning or Sunday morning dose. this works well for me.

[shaws Administrator]

Re thinning bones:-

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

Often, when on optimum thyroid medication, cholesterol levels can reduce.

[Moomin333]

Same as ShakirasMum....... I take 150 Saturday Sunday and a 100 Monday to Friday.

125 too much and 100 not enough. I was taking 125 for a about 2-3 years, after taking 100 for about 2-3 years and levels were dangerously low levels. So she upped me to 125 and that became too high, so now experimenting with the above dosage. I have been suffering from the cold, tearfulness, anger, burning hands and feet and my eyebrows on the inner side. So I hope that this dosage works for me.

so try and take the higher dosage in a block of days leaving the lower dose to the rest of the days. That way you can put them in a medi box day by day and no problem.

[Carrola]

Thanks for your ideas. I have decided to take 100 Mon,Wed & Friday, 125 Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun - see how that works out. I dont think I have ever had all the thyroid tests and thought I had been doing so well as I have plenty of energy. However nobody almost 14 years ago said much at all about calcium and subsequently I had to have a hip replacement as I had lost so much bone in my hips. Why or why dont the doctors give you all the info instead of expecting you to find out yourself or just go on what they say. They are desperate to shove statins in me but I think that when the thyroid levels are right the cholestrol will sort itself out (and also the weight I have gained - a whole 14 lbs a lot for a person who is not very tall.