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DRUG FACTS

Increase Your Awareness With Basic Facts About Levothyroxine

BY NIKKI AND ANNE HEART ♥ JUNE 25, 2024

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The following highlights the facts. More information can be obtained through the sites listed below as well as many other informational sites regarding prescription drugs. Medication facts can change. Make sure you have all up-to-date information.

1.Levothyroxine, is a class of medication called hormone.

2. Brand forms:

  • Levothroid®
  • Levo-T®
  • Levoxyl®
  • Synthroid®
  • Tirosint®
  • Unithroid®

It is important to learn the brand name and generic form of the medication you are taking.

Do not switch brands, since each brand of levothyroxine contains a slightly different amount of medication.

3. Levothyroxine is used to treat:

  • Hypothyroidism
  • Used with surgery and radioactive iodine therapy to treat thyroid cancer

4. Levothyroxine should be taken:

  • Usually taken once a day on an empty stomach, 30minutes to 1 hour before breakfast
  • Follow the directions on the prescription label carefully
  • Swallow capsules whole; do not chew or crush them
  • Take the tablets with a full glass of water
  • Infant, child or adult who cannot swallow seek information from your doctor
  • Normally doctor starts dosage low and increases gradually
  • It may take several weeks before noticing a change in your symptoms
5. Possible side effects 
  • weight gain or loss
  • headache
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea
  • changes in appetite
  • fever
  • changes in menstrual cycle
  • sensitivity to heat
  • hair loss
  • joint pain
  • leg cramps

6. Some side effecs can be serious

  • shortness of breath
  • wheezing
  • hives
  • itching 
  • rash 
  • flushing
  • stomach pain
  • nausea
  • swelling or heands, feet, ankles, or lower legs

Call you doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.

Important Warning

Levothyroxine should not be used alone or along with other treatment to treat obesity or cause weight loss.

Levothyroxie may cause serious or life-threathening problems when given in large dosease, especially when taken with amphetamines.

 

Sources used:

  1.  National Library of Medicine, Levothyroxine, accessed June 13, 2024
  2.  Medlineplus.gov, National Library of Medicine, accessed June 13, 2024
  3.  U.S. Food & Drug, Levothyroxine Sodium Products, accessed June 13, 2024

Note: All information in “Nikki’s Story” are based on detail journals covering seven years of Nikki’s life on prescription drugs.

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