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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!

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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.

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AppleOrchard in reply toSovietSong

Thank you! I’ll do that.

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HandS

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

Just resume your normal dose from now .

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AppleOrchard in reply toHandS

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!

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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

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AppleOrchard in reply toHandS

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

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HandS in reply toAppleOrchard

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.

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AppleOrchard in reply toHandS

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.

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HandS in reply toAppleOrchard

Easy to do 😂

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Staffsgirl

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

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AppleOrchard in reply toStaffsgirl

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

Hopefully you didn’t suffer any ill effects.

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