- RAI August 16 23rd July 2005
... hypo. I had my surgery Jan '05. I started taking levoxyl right away. My blood levels have been slowly stabilizing ... from hypo. I am at 125mcg levoxyl at this point, only had an increase twice I believe...
- Help I goofed but found instant relief 21st July 2005
... I felt terrible. Before that she had me on 25 mg levoxyl because my tsh was low after my first six weeks of...
- Yikes!!! 21st July 2005
... I've been on Levoxyl .100mcg for a little over a year now. My last blood...
... medications but have switched to the generic brand of Levoxyl in March 2005( at least I think its the generic its ... .. Levothyroxin 100mcg. I was taking Levoxyl and the tablets were differently shaped then they...
- Ongoing Hypo Problems 20th July 2005
... when my TSH came back at 54, and began treatment with Levoxyl . My initial symptoms were that I gained weight regardless ... questions are as follows:
1) Has anyone ever been on Levoxyl or Synthroid and able to lose a little weight but...
... grain of Armour roughly equals 75 mcgs of Synthroid or Levoxyl . Is that how much you were taking before Armour?...
- Headaches??? 19th July 2005
... am in a hypo state right now. I was taken off of my Levoxyl several weeks ago and since then the headaches have...
- Exercise and Hypo 18th July 2005
... to put me on medication. Well, I have been taking Levoxyl 25mcg for about two weeks and have been experiencing...
- KCthy.......( and all )I am doing it!!! 16th July 2005
... my nose because my Oxygen was a little low.
My levoxyl was increased to 150mcg that day and I've been on ... thought I would feel more run down with the change of levoxyl , but 150 may be right for me. Time will tell.
...
- Thyroid Disease and Lupus 15th July 2005
... presently hypothyroid after RAI 14 years ago. I'm on Levoxyl and Cytomel (T3) and am presently doing much better...
- Your adrenal support stories: helped you? 10th July 2005
... but problems. Initially, after trying armour from levoxyl , I felt much better, and began to finally start to...
- surgery done 10th July 2005
... t wait until my meds kick in. He upped me from .50 levoxyl to .150 immediately. I'm on so many pills, it's crazy ... - Took about 23 yesterday - antibiotics, levoxyl , prescription vit. d, tons of calcium, tylenol ES ... and take the right pills for maximum effect (ie, no levoxyl around calcium time...)...
They said there was...
- Confused by diagnosis. Next step? 7th July 2005
... for most doctors is some brand of T4... Synthroid, Levoxyl , etc, or the generic levothyroxine. The most enlightened...
... goiter.
The Hashi's caused the goiter.
I was on levoxyl for one year to try and shrink my goiter. We thought...
- Being increased but wondering still...... 5th July 2005
... think my thryoid is a problem.
Put on 25mcg's of Levoxyl
4-1-2005 labs.
TSH 3.55 (same boundaries ... above)
FT4 1.1
FT3 297
Increased to 50mcg's of Levoxyl
May 13, 2005 Labs: same boundaries as before...
- Anyone else struggling to lose weight? New here 4th July 2005
... Hi all,
I started on Levoxyl about 2 months ago. My TSH has gone down from 25 to...
- Foggy Brain 4th July 2005
... I have been on the lower dose of thyroid .25 levoxyl from .75 for 2 weeks and have had bad stomach problems...
- Changing Doseage and Symptoms 2nd July 2005
... I have changed my doseage from .75 Levoxyl to .25 and am having Insomnia and stomach problems...
- Newly Diagnosed 1st July 2005
... blood and sent me on my merry way with 10 weeks of Levoxyl 75mcg samples and directions to come back in 2 months ... at least.
Today was the 3rd day I've taken the Levoxyl (around lunch time) and I swear I can feel more energy...
... It is possible to feel better after 3 days on Levoxyl - I know I sure did....
- New labs - still feel like crud. :( 30th June 2005
... Found my old labs. Was put on 25mcg's of Levoxyl , then moved to 50 and then to 100, where I am now...
- Calling all New Armour users 28th June 2005
... t done any of these incremental dosing. I was on levoxyl 0.088mg for about two months with no results except...
... 30mgs after begging for a change from my 75mcgs of Levoxyl that I was on for 3yrs. Asked for an increase in...
... but there's a remarkable improvement compared with levoxyl ....
... Prior to my switching to Armour, I was on 75 mcg of Levoxyl and 10 mcg of cytomel. When I started on Armour, ... started on 2 grain, which is very close to the 75 mcg of Levoxyl I was already on. I was being undertreated for the...
- birth control and thyroid 27th June 2005
... increased my levels back to what I was originally on (50mg levoxyl ). Now 7 months after my dx I have lost 13lbs. I...
- Armour May Have Saved My Life... 27th June 2005
... empties better. I would like to say that synthyroid and levoxyl did NOTHING to help my gastro symptoms, I don't understand...
... empties better. I would like to say that synthyroid and levoxyl did NOTHING to help my gastro symptoms, I don't understand...
- Cough & mucolitic secretion 27th June 2005
... so there are a few others you could try including Levoxyl and Synthroid.
Be careful with the generics, if...
- Indigestion after going off Meds 26th June 2005
... medication and developed indigestion. My doctor took me off Levoxyl after 3 weeks. I was taking it to help with a painful ... However, I got a bit hyper, etc. and he said to stop the Levoxyl . Every since then I have had a miserable case of indigestio...
... I have reduced my doseage of levoxyl from .75 to .25 and have awful stomach problems, lack...
- How high a dosage of synthyroid can u be on? 23rd June 2005
... Doctor said that she had one patient on 500 mcg of Levoxyl . She was not hyper, that's what her body needed for...
... the doctor today and she wants to keep me on the Levoxyl but has upped the dose to 200 mg a day now. My recent...
- Armour and HRT...Help! 23rd June 2005
... started the Armour about 2 weeks ago (from .75 mcg Levoxyl and .10 mcg cytomel). Would the Armour make the testostero...
- 10 weeks & still I haven't a clue?? 23rd June 2005
... generic) and come with the brand names of Synthroid, Levoxyl , Unithroid, Eltroxin, Euthyrox, Oroxine, and some...
- Anyone being treated with homopathic meds 23rd June 2005
... years figuring out what's best for me (150-200mcg Levoxyl using the dye free 50mcg pills and a topical T3 cream ... binding ingredients! I went to dye free, allergen free Levoxyl (only the 50mcg pills are dye free)... voila! Haven...
- My new blood tests are in 22nd June 2005
... actually feel better than I ever did on Synthroid or Levoxyl . If I had results like that on Synthroid or Levoxyl...
- Armour and t4 equivalents!! 22nd June 2005
... I have some levoxyl . I have a feeling that I can't tolerate all that t3...
- Treatment options? 20th June 2005
... other brands of levoT. Unithroid, Levothroid, and Levoxyl are the others available in the US. Different brands...
- Are Synthroid and Levoxyl the same thing? 20th June 2005
... they are the same thing. They are both a t4 drug. The levoxyl is softer then the synthroid. That is all I know about...
... they are the same thing. They are both a t4 drug. The levoxyl is softer then the synthroid. That is all I know about ... it's okay to stop the Synthroid 20mg and start the Levoxyl 20mg?
thanks lady...
... sadfreak-
Is levoxyl a generic for synthroid? (or am I thinking of levothyroxine...
... Hi,
Synthroid and Levoxyl are both brandnames. They both contain the same active ... ingredients get into your system. As Lady50 said, Levoxyl is very soft. Because of this it's best to swallow ... know if you're used to regular 'hard' pills. I'm on Levoxyl and haven't found this to be any problem at all. ...
Price-wise, Levoxyl is less expensive than Synthroid. About half the cost ... of reference, I pay 11 dollars a month for .5mg of Levoxyl .
Best wishes and I hope this helps.
GoodThoughts...
- Midwest1 - anyone with hashi's pls read...Can Hashi's be treated with medication???? 19th June 2005
... at .9 (2 nodules). My doc started me on .50 mcg of Levoxyl .
Prior to the Levoxyl, I had all the symptoms ... especially FATIGUE/EXHAUSTION). I can say for a fact that levoxyl alleviated a lot of the symptoms, so I am a believer ... spurts of it - it is nowhere like it was prior to levoxyl .
5) joint pain - not as bad!
6) body temp - was...
- Overdose?! Help please 17th June 2005
... weeks ago. Prior to that I had been taking 25 mcg of levoxyl - but not on an empty stomach, so no idea if any was...
... Seastar, I took the lowest dosage of levoxyl for a little over three weeks to treat thyroiditis ... hyper as it did. I am really wondering if was the levoxyl brand that did it. I've taken a short course of synthroid ... being prescribed. One thing I will never take again is levoxyl . However, on a postive note, my thyroid pain and the...
... synthroid and my first day back on a teensy dose of levoxyl (which I'm praying will not have the same effect)...
... Aparently the levoxyl was a big mistake. Thought maybe the brand would make...
- Can you have normal FT4 and high FT3? 17th June 2005
... Maybe I have a defect somewhere...I am taking .075 levoxyl and still don't feel well. Could there be something...
- I don't want surgery! 16th June 2005
... right...all calcified). I have been on 100 mcg of levoxyl for about a year. I've had the big sucker hemmorage ... endrocrinologist. She disagreed and wanted to give me the levoxyl and monitor me. FINE WITH ME!
The next ultrasound ... showed NO evidence of nodes. So...I stopped the levoxyl on my own and ran away happy.
Well....it's back...
- Hypo/Hashi - Hot/Cold Extremes 15th June 2005
... s. Also have a 5 cm nodule.
Currently on .125 Levoxyl with TSH of 5.3, was on .100 with TSH of 2.4
...
- Need Help and /or Advise 15th June 2005
... face...only to find out that is a symptom of too much levoxyl ...so we went from 150 mcg to 137....well not enough...
- How is everyone feeling today? 15th June 2005
... but I can't complain really. I am on 125 mcg of levoxyl and my doc wrote to tell me I need an increase. Which...
- Finnaly diagnosed hypo!! Medication help needed 14th June 2005
... could deffinatly use some medication."
She gave me Levoxyl , synthroid and a script for Armour. She said to try...
... so you think the synthroid is better over the levoxyl or Armour? She gave me scripts for all three....
- This is kinda gross, but I have to ask... 14th June 2005
... first started (like within a month or so)the Synthroid/ levoxyl , did you start having really loose stools?
Because ... terrible constipation with the hypoT, but now that I'm on levoxyl , I've noticed that when I go in the morning, it's...
- Does Synthroid effect menstrual cycle? 13th June 2005
... \
In that one month time, I was put on 50 mcg of Levoxyl , 1st month, same heavy, clotty time of month. Since...
- Hypoglycemic??? 13th June 2005
... I have been alternating between 50mcg and 75mcg of Levoxyl each day with 2.5mcg Cytomel. The doctor just adjust ... me Levoxyl to 75mcg every day with the 2.5mcg of Cytomel every...
- double dose of Synthroid 13th June 2005
... some reason it worked. She said that she was on .075 levoxyl and broke that in half and took one half in the morning ... may think about changing meds....like to Armour or levoxyl ...for example. Some people just do better on one med...
... Synthroid and my numbers dropped dramatically. Switched to Levoxyl and that made a big difference. :) Different meds...
... coming up and I need to drop atleast 20 lbs. I was on levoxyl didn't work on me, i was on it for 2 years, then my...
- Reaction to Cytomel T3 12th June 2005
... I felt very weird and bad!
I never had this on Levoxyl ... help!...
- Calling all new to Armour 12th June 2005
... had bronchitis.
3.) 6 months later Dr. did add .50 Levoxyl , but refuses to increase Armour. Even though I...
... a good idea if it's upsetting my stomach like the levoxyl and synthyroid did. Now all I have to do is convince...
- Anyone else ever get tremors with Hashi's??? 11th June 2005
... Graves' TSI antibodies also. I STILL have not taken my Levoxyl because I am afraid if this is actually Graves' I ... the hell is going on? Do I just swallow that stupid Levoxyl pill and risk more tremors and shakes or do I plead...
- Thymus and Hashimoto? 9th June 2005
... this point.
DX Hashimoto with Hypo Thyroid.
112 Levoxyl current dose
Problem: Large "lump" directly under...
- Saw A New Endo Today With Mixed Results 9th June 2005
... jinglebts, no I haven't really improved under the levoxyl . I just started on armour a couple days ago so hopefully...
... I take Levoxyl 100 mcg in the AM with 30 mg of Armour
I also take...
... jinglebts, no I haven't really improved under the levoxyl . I just started on armour a couple days ago so hopefully...
- I don't know if this is psychological or not 9th June 2005
... (previously 1.25 on 10/4/04)
I've been on Levoxyl 50mcg's for several years now. Recently I've been...
... Levoxyl always gave me a headache. And, a person can feel...
- Totally non-functional 'til about 3PM 8th June 2005
... different things. I've even started taking 25mcg Levoxyl (had some left over from another doc) with my morning...
- Sore soles anyone? 8th June 2005
... my new insurance i switched Synthroid for generic ( Levoxyl ) , and 4 months later i started having symptoms again...
- Red, flushed, hot face - thyroid? 7th June 2005
... the cold or A/C has bothered me to. Doc just moved levoxyl dosage from .11 to .125
I too have the red face...
- Those have or had anxiety from thryoid probs 6th June 2005
... underactive thyroid) and was given a choice of synthroid, Levoxyl or Armour. I chose synthroid for the time being starting...
- Armour Thyroid 6th June 2005
... absorption.
I haven't tried under the tongue - I'm on Levoxyl - can you take it that way too????...
... I've heard that there is no need to take the Levoxyl (T4 only med) that way.
I take Armour and have...
- So Tired...Depressed...Fat....! 6th June 2005
... WOW. I never looked like that. Now that I'm on the levoxyl , I have seen a slight change...eye bags not so big...
... I'm on my 3rd set of meds - started on 25mcg's of Levoxyl , then 50 and now 100 for the past 3 weeks. Still...
- Re: Hypo-hyper? 4th June 2005
... Armour now, as I also had it on levothroid. I was on levoxyl as well, and did not do well at all. I was even more...
- Feel like a major basket case 3rd June 2005
... I began a .25 dose of levoxyl about 3 weeks ago and did fine until a few days ago ... I called my doctor today and was told to stop the levoxyl and come into see him next week. In the meantime,...
... thyroiditis which is most of the reason I was taking the Levoxyl . I am thinking I'll get everything checked out and...
- High Cortisol 3rd June 2005
... like after I got really sick and lost weight that my levoxyl was too high! After 7 months of still not feeling...
... 2 so I am praying that it will hold with the ,.25 levoxyl ... they sent me for an MRI and it showed that my...
- Went to the Doctor's today...I'm not happy! 3rd June 2005
... Armour has helped me more than Levoxyl did. But I agree with midwest1 - it's not a good...
- Withdrawing from Thyroid Meds 3rd June 2005
... thyroid problem when I was on Zoloft.. I was put on .75 Levoxyl .. I dont know if the Zoloft was the cause or not...
... it.. I wonder if I start back on just .25 of the levoxyl if that would work for now??
I really wish I never...
- Hashimotos Turned Hyper 3rd June 2005
... while you are going thru this? I kept taking my .75 Levoxyl and for 7 months it felt toxic! I stopped completely...
... meds while this is going on? I kept taking the .75 Levoxyl and for 7 months I have felt toxic! I stopped taking...
- Not good synthroid 3rd June 2005
... won't take anything but synthroid. My Aunt was on levoxyl and switched to synthroid and is doing much better ... .
If I had taken synthroid instead of levoxyl when they were trying to shrink my thyroid, I might...
... feel better a lot of the time than I did before the levoxyl , but how do I know whether I might have less swinging...
- Armour doses above 2 grains ??? 2nd June 2005
... I am on 3 grains of Armour plus 75 of Levoxyl . I've read that the full replacement dose of Armour...
- Antidepressants and Thyroid 2nd June 2005
... and my TSH was up over 3. I was then treated with Levoxyl up to .75. I have read that Zoloft can block thyroid...
- What is your Amour dose with or without Synthroid? 1st June 2005
... am taking 3 grains (180 mg) of Armour and 75 mg of Levoxyl , most days. I am still getting adjusted and find I ... and sweat too much occasionally, so I cut back the Levoxyl to 62.5 mg for a day or so and those symptoms go away...
... I take 2 grains of Armour with 50mgs of levoxyl . In the morning I take 1 grain of armour +25mg of ... levoxyl . I repeat this in the afternoon. All done sublingually...
... grains (180 mg) of Armour. I was switched from 175 mcg Levoxyl and 45 mg of Armour to 3 grains about 2 weeks ago...
... I take 100 mcg Levoxyl with 30 mg of Armour every morning.
In the afternoon ... do in the mornings. He just recently incrased my Levoxyl on my suggestion - and I think I'm okay on the Armour...
- Synthroid and pot belly 1st June 2005
... medications before I am on them. My doctor also mentioned Levoxyl . I will check out that thread you mentioned.
Thanks...
- Hi all...my test results :-) 31st May 2005
... Hi everyone...
I have a goiter. I have been on levoxyl for about 4 years at .025. I got my results back...
- who's on medication for hashi's? Does it work? 31st May 2005
... March and my dr. immediately started me on 50 mcg of levoxyl . My TSH at that time was 5.9. I saw the doc again...
- pounding heartbeat - please clue me in here.. 30th May 2005
... When I first started on Levoxyl , I had no heart palps. But when my doc added T3 (Cytomel...
- Terrified of thyroidectomy 30th May 2005
... identical hormones (no side-effects), having tried Levoxyl (terrible headaches) and synthetic HRT (headaches...
- Ar there any guys here? 28th May 2005
... as if that's the only symptom.
I have been on levoxyl for six weeks with no results. I had an endo apt...
- new hypo symptoms on Synthroid possible? 28th May 2005
... Pixiek - You and me both. I started on .25 grams of Levoxyl 3 weeks ago. Everything seemed fine until the last...
- Wasn't even trying and found a doc!!! 27th May 2005
... this.
I posted that I upped myself to 100mcgs of Levoxyl 10 days ago and the doc called a few days ago only...
- Endo was a jerk. 27th May 2005
... I was on 75mcgs of Levoxyl for three yrs before I switched over to Armour. I...
- Dr appt - nodules/hashi's 27th May 2005
... for my 8 week check up after starting on 50 mcg of levoxyl . I am still worried about the nodule that was 2 cm...
- are people here on both synthroid on cytomel? 27th May 2005
... and the Synthroid is T4. I, too, am on T3 and T4 ( Levoxyl and Cytomel) - Levoxyl is the same as Synthroid - ... just another brand name. I'm on 175mcg of Levoxyl and 5mg of Cytomel and, also like you, I've noticed...
