Levothyroxine Synthroid

This drug has cauued me many of problems I have been put on different mg. several times and it does the same thing after a long period of time on this drug you develope several different things to your body like hair loss,headaches,dizzy,slured speach,puffy eyes,sleep disorders,Equilibrium loss,change of mind from always being tired out and sleeping to many hours this medication has done more harm to me than any good

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I take levothyroxine synthroid as well. I have had many of the side effects mentioned by others, which are also characteristic of hypothyroidism. Now, my pituitary gland (TSH level .006) has almost shut down. My doctor lowered my dosage of thyroid med but still is too low. I am going through more blood tests to determine how my pituitary gland is working overall. My T3 and T4 levels are in the low average range which is odd since usually T3-T4 levels are elevated when TSH is low....can anyone help me figure out what is going on?

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can i drink alcohol occasionally, meaning on weekends taking this medication

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Susan, did you ever figure out what was going on?

Bill, unfortunately those can all be effects of this medication, since the hormone levels can fluctuate, plus it can also cause side effects. It kind of just creates a bad combo that's hard for some people to deal with.

You can learn more Levothyroxine details here.

As to the alcohol, it should generally be avoided with any prescription medication, because it may cause worsening of the side effects, and some of those such as were mentioned by Bill can be pretty bad and annoying already.

Are there any other questions or comments?

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Levo bad stuff try armour it is natural

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Re: Susan Trent (# 1)

Levothyroxine and synthroid are two different animals. I’ve been on both and only synthroid works for me.

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