Hashimoto's and Antibiotics.

[K8TE]

Hello all,

I hope you are all well, or improving.

I have a question re Hashimoto's and Antibiotics. I recall reading something a while ago about people with Hashimito's having to be careful with Antihistamines and Antibiotics as they can cause flares. I may have also imagined this as my brain fog was at its height then!!.....

I have been using Metronidazole twice daily for Rosacea for a fortnight (newly prescribed) and have noticed in the last few days I have been more tired than normal and have the heavy limbs I get with creeping fatigue.

Does anyone know of whether this could be linked to the Antibiotics?

Thanks, Kate.

[LAHs]

Here is a link which discusses this interaction at length:

holtorfmed.com/thyroid-drug...

Some do, some don't and it can depend upon the time interval between the thyroid meds and the antibiotic.

[Bustamove86 in reply to LAHs]

I’m glad I saw this, I just got azithromicin (sp?) because I have an ear infection and I’m also neutropenic (low white blood cells and immune system) so I really need it. Is it going to mess with my synthroid or cytomel? I’m also hypothyroid 😣

[LAHs in reply to Bustamove86]

Well, this is not a scientific answer but I am on NDT (T4 and T3) and I have had the flu a couple of times over the last 5 years and our local village doc is a bit like a military doc, he just hands out "blister packs" of asithromicin with no questions asked. I felt so ill with the flu I didn't give thyroid meds a second thought, I just wanted relief from the flu. I took the asithromicin for the 5 days it recommends and I didn't notice any reaction with my thyroid meds. I didn't even think about it until my chest and head started to clear. Then I made a mental note that that particular antibiotic seems safe to take if you are on thyroid meds.

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Apologies, I have just picked up your post.

May I share the folloing links with you as I have sufferd irreaparable harm from levofloxacin.

11 March 2019

EMA/175398/2019

Disabling and potentially permanent side effects lead to suspension or restrictions of quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics

ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/...

16 October 2018

EMA/818158/2018

Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC)

Assessment report

ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/...

25 June 2018

EMA/225564/2018 Corr. *

Stakeholders and Communication Division

Public hearing on quinolone and fluoroquinolone medicines

Written interventions received from speaker requests1

ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/do...

(Note speakers contributions :-Miriam Knight an Dr Neal Millar)

QUINOLONE TOXICITY SUPPORT UK

quintoxsupport.co.uk

The metaboloism of levothyroxine can be decreased when combined with Metronidazole

rxisk.org

rxisk.org/tools/drug-intera...