any positive stories of changing from actavis to teva levothyroxine???

[kim3012]

pharmacy has recently changed my thyroxine from actavis to teva! 200mg anyone got any positive stories about it. not read anything nice

I don't feel great on actavis, got my bloods done today to check levels. hoping I don't feel any worse...

[Kitti1]

No sorry still feeling the effects of having a terrible time on them. On them for 3 weeks 125mg back on actavis since Friday. How long have you been taking them ?

[kim3012 in reply to Kitti1]

2 days lol

[Raventhorpe]

Hi I have been on teeva since December and have been ok on it. only I would say is it seems a bit stronger so have altered dose accordingly

[Lulu_65]

Hi, I've been fine on activa until recently when I have been taking two 50 mcg tablets instead of my usual 100 mcg tablets and have not felt well. I'm picking up some 100 prescription on Friday and will be interested to see if it makes a difference or if it's just a coincidence

Lu x

[Milpol]

I've been on Teva since January and have been fine. No side effects.

[mb008]

I have been on Teva for a few weeks now , swapping from 50mcg Actavis. Found it to be much stronger than Actatvis and I'm playing with the dosing to try and get it right. I didn't like Actavis - made me much slower and had headaches more frequently.

Teva has given me insomnia and raised temps but for the first time, I also feel motivated to get on with things. Magnesium helped last night with the sleeping.

[kim3012 in reply to mb008]

magnesium vitamin? does that help with insomnia?

[mb008 in reply to kim3012]

It does. I take 'Natural Calm'. I use the unflavoured one that you can buy on Amazon, arrives next day. Took it again last night and slept really well.

I haven't upped my dose on Teva yet, but plan to as I've also noticed that on a very low dose the psoriasis on my hands has reduced dramatically. On Actavis my hands were splitting with sores. I'm now very, very slightly hopeful that maybe my hair loss may reduce as well. We'll see.

Your dose is double that I have been prescribed, so all I can say is in my experience Teva feels much stronger, but I feel better on a reduced dose than on a stronger dose of Actavis thus far.

Given the varying reports here - it's obviously finding out what works for you.

Hopefully this one is the right one for you.

Good Luck

[Mols_Bols1]

Hi I've been on Teva for 6 months and had no side effects, in fact I'm feeling really well!

I hope it goes well for you kim3012

[Kitti1]

I agree hope it goes well for you. Glad to hear a lot of people have felt better on them 👍 Also that they feel they are stronger. I felt the opposite,, like I was getting virtually no t4 out them at all.

Symptoms started with anxiety, within the first week. Insomnia & fatigue in the second. By the third I had severe joint pain and tiredness. To the point I could barely climb the stairs. Couldn't sleep, anxiety through the roof, and constipation which not like me. Didn't go for 4 days. And in the end felt so ill I was in bed for 2 days.

Interesting that mb008 gets more headaches on actavis. I have headaches pretty much everyday.