Levothyroxine interactions

[Amanda47]

Hiya I take my levo usually at 7am

Barley grass juice powder at 10am

Vitamin D3 & K2 at 1pm

Magnesium glycinate at 11pm

My dr has given me iron pills to take 3 times a day....can someone please help me with how to take them safely so to avoid interactions.....thanks Amanda 😊

[dang]

Some iron pills are meant to be taken with a meal, others are not. Can you check the packaging? This will help to determine, I'm assuming it's with a meal, so you'll have to plan your 3 daily meals around this too.

[Amanda47 in reply to dang]

It is going to be tricky lol and I will take Vit c....thanks for advice x

[dang in reply to Amanda47]

Yea it will be, I've been there before. Good luck with it!

[Amanda47 in reply to dang]

They are ferrous fumarate 210mg and yes it says to avoid side effects take with a meal. 😊

[dang in reply to Amanda47]

Yea it's best taken with a meal. You should definitely space it away from your levo by 4 hours, preferably take your levo 4 hours before the iron. Unfortunately it's also recommended to take the D3 and K2 with a meal...

By any chance does your vit D3 come in an oil capsule? Or is it a tablet? (Oil capsules absorb better and don't necessarily need to be taken with a meal).

I also have issues spacing my irons supplement 4 hours from everything else, sometimes this is the case. The problem is that iron lowers the absorption of other supplements and medications, but it doesn't fully stop it. So you may need to increase your dosage of other supplements to make up for it.

But if you're only on this course of iron for a short while then it might not have much of an overall effect on your D3 and magnesium levels.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Four hours away from thyroid meds and two hours away from any other medication and supplements. They're a pain to fit in with everything else.

Take each tablet with 1000mg Vit C to aid absorption and help prevent constipation.

[Amanda47 in reply to SeasideSusie]

I've just found some vitamin c capsules in my cupboard I think they are 600mg so would they be ok to take and also 3 times a day?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Amanda47]

Yes, that should be fine. If they're 500mg then take two as the recommendation is for 1000mg.

Vit C is one of those supplements that is very useful for us Hypos, it supports adrenals and it's recommended to take 2000mg a day in divided doses, more if you want to bowel tolerance. You can't really overdose on Vit C (your bowel will let you know if you're taking to much )

[Patricia0307]

I read an article which said that iron should not be taken at the same time as levothyroxin as it blocks its efficiency