night shifts

[Seabob]

thyroid UK report on the benefits if taking meds in the evening or before sleep because of the fluctuating effects of levo...how can I manage this as I do night shifts or should I just take it in the morning before I sleep, but then on my nights off I would be taking it on the same day? confused!

[Clutter]

Sesbo, take Levothyroxine whenever suits you best, either on waking or before you go to sleep. If you find it keeps you awake take it upon waking. The important thing is to take it an hour before or two hours after food and drink, 2 hours away from other medicines and supplements and 4 hours away from calcium and iron.

[gabkad in reply to Clutter]

Clutter.....just whinging here..............is vodka a medicine? If I have a couple or three drinks in the evening, does that reduce absorption of T3 meds? (I was hoping it facilitated it......:):))

Is alcohol bad for the thyroid? (Not drinking like Mayor Ford, okay, just normal sipping in the evening.)

[Clutter in reply to gabkad]

Gabkad, Alcohol can suppress thyroid function but may confer protection against nodules, goiters and thyCa (big fail there for me ). On the other hand a little of what you fancy does you good.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/239...

[gabkad in reply to Clutter]

Ah well, Clutter, since the thing is doing nothing anyway I think I'll just say 'Cheers'. LOL!

[Clutter in reply to gabkad]

That's the spirit, Gabkad

[Seabob in reply to Clutter]

Thank you...am still getting g days of extreme tiredness...back to night shift tonight, blood test this morning to check T3, cortisol and Thyroid function, will see consultant next week, want to ask him about NDT.

[shaws Administrator]

You can take it at the same time every day, as long as you leave two hours either side of levo for proper absorption and uptake and supplements 4 hours apart from levo. You could take it just before you leave for night shift and at the same time when not.

[Seabob in reply to shaws]

Thank you very much.

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Yeah, I take mine at night. My GP thought it didn't matter when you took it.