Mercury Pharma levo 25 mcg

[infomaniac]

Just a quickie...I have to up my dosage from 100 mcg to 125 but I remember reading on here a while ago that people were having problems with the 25 mcg tablets.

Is that still the case and if so, is it possible to split such a tiny pill with a pill cutter? Thanks

[galathea]

As levothyroxine is a storage hormone, it's not used immediately. This means that if you need to raise by 25 a day, you would probably do fine taking and extra 50 every other day. Experiments have been conducted and it was found that people who took all their levothyroxine in one go , once a week suffered no ill effects.

press.endocrine.org/doi/abs...

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[infomaniac in reply to galathea]

I think I would get confused galathea...the old grey matter isn't what it was! I think I might just stick with the 100s and split them, then it's easier all round and I won't have my GP thinking I'm a more of a hypochondriac crank than she does already!

[shaws Administrator]

You could also use a small sharp knife. If it crumbles you'll just have to judge and it wont make too much difference.

[infomaniac in reply to shaws]

I can't even cut onions up small these days shaws so a pill-cutter is going to be a must!

[shaws Administrator in reply to infomaniac]

They aren't too expensive but some are better than others. Maybe put up a post for recommendation.

[infomaniac in reply to shaws]

Good idea - I will

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Hi there,

I haven't had any probs with 25mcgs levo Mercury pharma. You could just halve you 50 mcg tabs if you're concerned though.x