Eating & taking levothyroxine

[Gosierunn]

Hi everyone

I stupidly brought an empty packet of levothyroxine away with me for the weekend so have called 111 and arranging for an emergency prescription tomorrow morning.

The pharmacy opens at 9am so am aiming to get there sharpish. What would folks do about breakfast? I normally take it at 7am ish and then eat breakfast at 8/830am-ish - I’m not sure I can go without eating breakfast until potentially after 10am - sounds like I’m being a wuss but I’m breastfeeding and get Very hungry / hangry if I don’t and my blood sugar goes off whack. Would it be alright to eat an early breakfast at say 7am and then take levothyroxine at 10/11ish? Or would you fast until you taken it and then wait the usually 30-60 mins?

[greygoose]

If you eat at 7 am, you could take the levo at 9, that's plenty of time.

[janeroar]

just for future reference this happened to me and I went into a big Boots store to speak to them and they told me to go on my NHS app and I got an emergency supply sanctioned almost immediately.

[HealthStarDust in reply to janeroar]

That’s good to know!

Edit: Although, looking at the app I’m not sure where such an option lives.

[janeroar in reply to HealthStarDust]

The pharmacist took me through the process on my app.

[Gosierunn in reply to janeroar]

Thanks janeroar this isn’t the first time I’ve forgotten my medication 😩 (oh the irony!) if left my medication in the holiday cottage in wales - and I just went through the nhs website to get it, as I was on my way home it was a lot easier - I called 111 this time as I am away and don’t know if it would be trickier getting a supply to not my usual pharmacy.

[HealthStarDust]

So long as you leave around an hour between your dose and breakfast, it should be fine.

[greygoose in reply to HealthStarDust]

Levo should be taken one hour before food or two hours after.

[HealthStarDust in reply to greygoose]

Good to know. Thank you ☺️

[greygoose in reply to HealthStarDust]

You're welcome.

[greygoose]

Actually, Gosierunn, if it's just for a couple of days, I wouldn't even bother. Just make it up during the following week. It's a storage hormone, basically, so you shouldn't feel any effects immediately.

[Batty1]

Eat and take the levo an hour later and next day take it as you normally would.

[Gosierunn]

thanks all. I managed to get emergency prescription early and took my usual dose at 930 so just had a late breakfast.