Eltroxin at night

[Peachy22]

Hi

I saw online somewhere that you can take eltroxin at night so decided to try it, spoke to my pharmacist who said it would be ok as long as i took it at the same time every night.

so i stopped eating at 9pm and took my eltroxin at 11pm and went to bed (was a bit concerned id be awake all night but i slept well)

I take 150 monday to friday at 200 at the weekends, im just looking for anyone else who has switched from mornings to nights and how it worked for them.

thanks

[Lalatoot]

Many take it at night. It is whatever suits the individual.I have always split my dose morning and night.

[Sparklingsunshine]

Hi

I've had issues with Levo since I went up to 100mcg in September. I've tried splitting my dose rather than taking it all at once. I nearly always get up for the loo in the night so keep my pills and some water next to my bed and take it around 3am. I take 75mcg then and 50mcg as I'm now on 125mcg, in the early afternoon. It works for me as I find the full dose is a bit much all at once.

I'm not sure you need to take it at a certain time medically speaking, however from a habit viewpoint it makes sense to be regular.

[jimh111]

It can be easier at night. It doesn’t have to be at the same time as long as you haven’t eaten or drank coffee.

[Hashihouseman]

I take mine at 10pm 2am 6am 10am and 2pm or thereabouts- total dose 125 mcg every 24hrs. I do it that way because it’s more physiologically akin to what a healthy thyroid function would be, it has improved conversion of t4 to t3 and enabled me to stop taking liothyronine t3, it doesn’t interfere with sleeping even with actually taking 2 pills in the night, it has put an end to the side effects and thyroidal swings of single big doses of levothyroxine and my endocrinologist said it wouldn’t do any harm even though she takes the party line and says it shouldn’t be necessary! It’s absolutely necessary for me and I wouldn’t ever go back to single dose thyroid replacement which I found to be significantly disruptive and challenging. Multiple small doses every day feels almost totally euthyroid- job done! Yes taking 5x25 pills is a slightly less convenient/intrusive as 1 pill a day but hey I eat and drink many times a day to survive so levothyroxine is now just another nutrient. The pharmacist is a bit wrong about the need to take it at the same time so long as the overall dose over 24hrs doesn’t get too high but even then it isn’t anywhere near as critical as t3 overdose. Important to keep track of though to be sure t4 dosing day on day week on week is accurate and can be linked to any change in symptoms and needs, this way I can shift the dose slightly to reflect changes in physiological needs which is another limitation of dogmatic single dose daily replacement and infrequent blood testing.