wrong dose …

[AppleOrchard]

For nine days I have been taking 25 mcg of Eltroxin rather than 100 mcg. I have no idea how it happened.

What might the effect be and can I start taking my 100 mcg again tomorrow morning?

I feel like such an idiot. I don’t understand how I didn’t notice.

Thank you!

[SovietSong]

I’d say it’s fine just to resume normal dose from tomorrow again.Don’t take any extra to compensate for the mcg’s you missed.

[AppleOrchard in reply to SovietSong]

Thank you! I’ll do that.

[HandS]

this happened to me years ago when pills were counted dispensed into bottles - not packs.

Just resume your normal dose from now .

[AppleOrchard in reply to HandS]

Thank you! I took my usual dose this morning. Did you have any effects of taking a low dose for a few days? I can't imagine anything untoward!

[HandS]

well, I actually took the 25s when I thought I was taking 100s for probably a couple of weeks and, feeling rubbish, I looked at my meds and realised that Boots had dispensed different tablets - they must have been short of 100s - nothing was said to me when handed over - and I had wrongly assumed what I had been given was as it always had been - big lesson!

I felt better within a couple of weeks of resuming the correct dose - no other issues.

🙂. Hope you feel well

[AppleOrchard in reply to HandS]

Thank you - it’s incredible they did that and didn’t say anything. At least you checked and got it sorted.

[HandS in reply to AppleOrchard]

i know! 😊. Couldn’t happen now as they are not dispensed loose any more i don’t think. Even so, its a very easy mistake to make: they are almost impossible to distinguish at a glance.

[AppleOrchard in reply to HandS]

Times have changed a lot since those days!

Mine come in coloured packets - a different colour for each packet. I do it in the dark though so didn’t see it wasn’t the right colour. If I drop them, I can’t see which pill is which.

[HandS in reply to AppleOrchard]

Easy to do 😂

[Staffsgirl]

It’s easily done. I made a similar but different error (not thyroid meds) a couple of years back…for three weeks!

[AppleOrchard in reply to Staffsgirl]

I have never done it before! There’s definitely a lesson I have learned!

Hopefully you didn’t suffer any ill effects.