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How long to wait to take other medications after taking levothyroxine??

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Good morning. Does anybody know how long I should wait to take some ibuprofen and decongestion tablets after having my morning levo? Only answer I can find online says 4 hours from a US site and I've the worst headache cold 🤕

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NaomiMay

Always advised here is to take Levo on an empty stomach, one hour before or two hours after food, and at least 2 hours from most other medication and supplements although some do need 4 hours. I haven't seen anything that says to take ibuprofen 4 hours away so if it was me I'd be happy with the 2 hours. As for the decongestant tablets, I think that would depend on the ingredients. This is what a Google search brings up:

google.com/search?q=deconge...

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I don’t believe there is any interaction with levo and ibuprofen…I have taken stuff like that before and it never interfered at all.

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SeasideSusieRemembering in reply toCrissy53

The 2 hours time gap between Levo and other medication and supplements is so that nothing affects absorption of Levo.

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Crissy53 in reply toSeasideSusie

Some ppl are different I though have not had issues with absorbing levo. I have taken vitamin d with my levo and no problems but like I was saying everybody is different in the way bodies respond ☺️

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Supermisshelen

Same as others have written, I haven’t had a problem taking it within two hours of levothyroxine before and wasn’t aware of any interaction with these two drugs

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