Hi Has anyone ecperienced hives - itchy red blobs on skin due to too much levothyroxine? I've just worked out I'm taking too much and we're lowering it but the skin has been really bad. Also, why can't you stop taking it for a while till it goes down?
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If you stop taking Levothyroxine your thyroid hormones will drop and TSH will rise.
Try taking an antihistamine an hour before you take Levothyroxine. If the hives is relieved it is likely that there is an ingredient in your Levothyroxine tablet which is causing the hives and you should ask your pharmacist to dispense an alternative make. The Levothyroxine makes available in UK are:
A member responded yesterday that she tried the anti-histamine before next dose and she had no itchiness so is asking for a different levo as she is sensitive to something in the one she's been taking.
Your TSH is way too high if on thyroid meds, it even looks as though it maybe over range. I see you have posted on the fibro. site also, fibro is a symptom of hypothyroidism. Unfortunately many Doctors do not know how to treat hypo. correctly.
If you put another post on this forum with all your blood results including ranges and what meds. you are on then members can advise and help you.
That happened to me when I was given Mercury Pharma instead of my usual Activis. MP use acacia as a filler, so I came to the conclusion that it could be that causing the hives after I did research on this site and found it had already been mentioned as being a cause.
I took them back to the chemist, told them what was happening and my prescription was changed to my usual brand. Result: the itching stopped. It is now in my notes that I must be given Activis.
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