Dry mouth

[aliat]

I have been on Teva 75 mcg dose for almost 4 years Just after starting i noticed my mouth was starting to feel sticky To cut a long story short i have since found out about fillers Mannitol being the favoured one by this brand Does anybody else have or did have this side effect and what did they do about it?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Could be due to Teva or being under medicated

75mcg is only one step up from starter dose

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

What are your most recent thyroid results

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if you have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies

Do you have Hashimoto’s?

Ask GP to test vitamin levels

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

medichecks.com/products/adv...

Thriva Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins By DIY fingerpick test

thriva.co/tests/thyroid-test

Thriva also offer just vitamin testing

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off down to £26.10 if go on thyroid uk for code

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/

Also vitamin D available as separate test via MMH

Or alternative Vitamin D NHS postal kit

vitamindtest.org.uk

[DandyThyro]

I get bad nausea on Teva levothyroxine. After the chemist made their 9th mistake and gave me Teva AGAIN, I checked it out in case they were right to think it makes no difference, and found that there were a few ingredients not present in other levothyroxines. Teva is officially gluten free, so should be a good one! Just ask for another brand and watch your symptoms to see if they get corrected: they could be due to your hypothyroidism rather than the treatment.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to DandyThyro]

All UK levothyroxine products are officially gluten free.

[DandyThyro in reply to helvella]

Good to know! The pharmacist told me that about Teva and why they kept giving it to me: any excuse. 😄

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to DandyThyro]

Almost all UK medicines are gluten-free - only a few which contain an overt wheat ingredient are not. However, a few might not be suitable for those with non-coeliac wheat allergy.