What's The Correct Time To Take Drug?

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I've been taking Levothyroxine for a bout a month and a half because I had a hyper thyroid and had to have radation to stop my thyroid. I feel much better, but I'm scared of becoming fat. My container says, Take medication on an empty stomach 1HR before or 2-3 hours after a meal. Does this mean it's okay if I take it at 5:30 am and then go back to sleep 'til 9am? Or do I HAVE to eat exactly an hour afterwards. It's very hard to gage when I'm going to be eating or not. Often after a meal, I might still have a snack within an hour. I've never been a meal kind of person. I like to graze throughout the day. It's not like I'm as big as a cow. I'm 5'1 and 3/4'' and 101 lbs. It's very strange to go from 84 lbs. to 101 in just 2 months. I've got to go to sleep now because I just took my Levothyroxine and I'm feeling so hungry for a snack.:(

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hi i am taking 200mg and been on levothyroxine for 3months since they changed from thyroxine in newzealand since the change people are being taken ill and there is a big inquiry going on when i reported feeling sick and dizzy my doctor told me to take them at ten at night now i wake with a mind blowing headace so i think no times good i think they will get ris of them here

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I had a partial thyroidectomy when I was 19 and a near total thyroidectomy 8 years ago. I am 53. I take my synthroid when I get up at 6 a.m. and I don't eat breakfast until I get to work, sometime between 8 and 9. It works out well. When I got a new job a few years ago, I tried to eat breakfast at home one hour after I took my pill, but it was as though I hadn't taken my pill at all. So, morning is the best time to take it, I think, and wait a couple of hours before you eat.

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i started levothyroxin 7 days ago. i am hypothyroid . i don't feel that much better i am on 112mcg i gained 7 lbs. i began to gain weight around the time i had my abnormal thyroid test. my thyroid was normal all my life i am 49 , out of nowhere in feb 2009 my tsh is 5.11 and my tsi is 42 it is supposed to be < 2o. i have been tryin to lose weight . last week i weighed 212 and now 220 . the pharmacist said the levothyroxin has to build up in my blood before my body will normalize . i take wellbutrin too, i was depressed after my mom died, and continued because i felt better.
can any one allay my worries and tell me things will get better? HElP ! i am concerned about weight gain. also when should i go back to check my blood levels if i need a higher dose
. also i have two very small nodules. the Dr said the levothyroxin will
shrink them.



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its best taken at nite, before bed an avoid direct exsposure to sunlight

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Levothyroxin 25 mcg--
When is the best time to take it and how long before eating??

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Weigh gain

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Weigh gain is my concern. I take it before breakfast only 25 mcg

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ive taken levothyroxin over 20 years now. primarily it stimulates metabolism, not something you want to do at night. It is best taken in the morning. My experience has been that it is more effective taken on an empty stomach, as is generally recommended. Eating before should only slow the rate of absorbtion, however there are some foods that interfere with the chemical action of the drug being absorbed

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no need to eat after taking it but it will make you want to

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