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was doing semi ok on the liquid, was on 7ml when endo stopped me taking it so was prescribed 150mcg tablets, i dropped my dos after seeing him as felt hyper so now taking 125mcg tablet

im on day 5 and feel lousy, drained no energy, hot and cold, exhausted, aches and pains

do the tablets need to work into my system

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Mandy72,

You should have Levothyroxine in your system from the liquid but it will take up to a week to 10 days to absorb the Levothyroxine tablets. You mentioned taking antibiotics on your previous post and I said this may be affecting absorption of Levothyroxine.

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