Levothyroxine

[Tony86]

Do you have to eat after taking Levothyroxine

[Treepie]

Nothing except water for for at least an hour, some take in middle of night when wake up for toilet etc.

A few take on going to bed but you need to leave several hours between Levo and other meds and vits ,except vit C which apparently aids absorption of Levo and can be taken with it.

[Tony86 in reply to Treepie]

Thanks. So I can take levotyhroxine and don't need to eat afterwords, it won't affect me ??

[Treepie in reply to Tony86]

Everyone reacts to meds differently so you will have to see but the advice is no food/ coffee/ tea for an hour .

[kodas]

I heard with any medication its wise to take before hand - food, except under anaesthesia or giving blood for blood tests etc. BTW Does anyone know if not taking levothyroxine and wanting to add an iodine rich natural intake if the right amounts whether in natural supplements or straight from nature - by seaweed / kelp etc. is better than the synthetic kind (Levothyroxine) Heard Levothyroxine helps to absorb the iodine. Though prefer not to take any synthetic drug, especially when waiting results of amounts to take and the doctors don't give me any response back to me.

Can anyone throw any science my way that can put light why the natural way is the best way and what kind of iodine food is best. Many thanks, Davve

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to kodas]

There is NO such piece of wisdom. It varies depending on the medicine concerned. You simply must not pick up a generalised comment and apply it to everything.

There are many medicines, including levothyroxine, which can interact with food - such that absorption is reduced.

"Heard Levothyroxine helps to absorb the iodine." - I have no idea what that means, where you heard it, or what someone meant by it.