Try a glass of fruit juice with your pills in the morning. Apple and Elderflower nice too! May help and a good drink of water before sleep. You may have to go in the night worth it to be regular and not feel sick!
Which brand of levothyroxine are you currently taking
Was 75mcg same brand
How long have you been on 100mcg levothyroxine
All levothyroxine must be taken on empty stomach and then nothing apart from water for at least an hour after. No other medications or supplements within 2 hours. Some like iron, vitamin D, magnesium not within 4 hours
Bloods should be retested 6-8 weeks after each dose change or brand change in levothyroxine
Important to regularly retest vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 too
What vitamin supplements are you currently taking
Magnesium citrate can be helpful with constipation
Calm vitality magnesium powder is cheap and easy to use. Best taken afternoon or evening (depending when you take your Levo)
If a patient reports persistent symptoms when switching between different levothyroxine tablet formulations, consider consistently prescribing a specific product known to be well tolerated by the patient. If symptoms or poor control of thyroid function persist (despite adhering to a specific product), consider prescribing levothyroxine in an oral solution formulation.
Physicians should: 1) alert patients that preparations may be switched at the pharmacy; 2) encourage patients to ask to remain on the same preparation at every pharmacy refill; and 3) make sure patients understand the need to have their TSH retested and the potential for dosing readjusted every time their LT4 preparation is switched (18).
Levothyroxine is an extremely fussy hormone and should always be taken on an empty stomach and then nothing apart from water for at least an hour after
Many people take Levothyroxine soon after waking, but it may be more convenient and perhaps more effective taken at bedtime
No other medication or supplements at same as Levothyroxine, leave at least 2 hour gap.
Some like iron, calcium, magnesium, HRT, omeprazole or vitamin D should be four hours away
(Time gap doesn't apply to Vitamin D mouth spray)
If you normally take levothyroxine at bedtime/in night ...adjust timings as follows prior to blood test
If testing Monday morning, delay Saturday evening dose levothyroxine until Sunday morning. Delay Sunday evening dose levothyroxine until after blood test on Monday morning. Take Monday evening dose levothyroxine as per normal
I'm not sure as I do drink milk, eat eggs, cheese and have chocolate and never had issues till I started northstar my bowel movements where basically very regularly on teva but no longer on northstar
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