Hi all
My mother is 85 and she has advanced dementia and the other day I noticed she was putting her finger down her throat and making noises and I had a word with the carers that she told me that sometimes my mum cannot swallow her Thyroxine and her throat was sore.
I was just wondering is it a possibility of getting liquid Levothyroxine? She has been on it since she was 29, after a total thyroidectomy.
Alisonmeredith
Liquid levo is very expensive compared to tablets. All you can do is discuss with her doctors, give them the evidence backed up by the carers. I don't see how they couldn't consider it in the circumstances but you never know.
Thank you. To be fair I don’t think she has much longer for this world. I am dreading that day. When I talk to her about what we used to be like she smiles
How hard for you. I'm so sorry.
Liquid levo can be administered by a syringe in the mouth a bit like you would give to your pet to make it easier. I would most certainly ask her GP to prescribe it but after a few weeks she should get a test as sometimes the liquid can work out better with absorption and you may notice a difference in her FT4 result.
Thank you for responding. I think it is a bit late now but it was just an idea
Another thought. Try taking the tablets with food then the food helps to move the tablet down and gives her throat a bit of protection. Might be worth a try.
Some of us do take levo tablets with food. I was advised to do so by Dr Peatfield several years ago.
I would do that if I was the one giving it her but she is in a care home and they have lots of other people to care for as well
paediatricians advise parents to crush the tablets and mix with a small amount of liquid and feed from a spoon. Maybe this would work for your mum too, if liquid levothroxine is not available.
Good Idea I thought the same as my mother lived to be 100 and had problems to.
She’s a little strong lady my mum. She has outlived my dad, and her ex husband and his new wife who she always called the Floozy lol!
Brilliant I like it.
Swallowing problems are common in late stages dementia. Can you contact SALT? They may be able to liaise and advise about liquid thyroxine.
Karen
Topiramate and Levothyroxine.
Liquid Levothyroxine 
Levothyroxine and Edema
