- new labs and new nodules! 5th September 2003
... I think I have a good Doctor because he put me on synthroid today despite a "normal TSH" value - also he found ... x 16 x 30 mm size lobe. He said we would try the synthroid for one month and if the nodule does not decrease...
- Meep or others... Educate me, please 5th September 2003
... improvement in health.
My endo stopped my 50 mcgs of Synthroid altogether after my tests showed hyper. (Sorry no ... the T4 work better?
2. Would Cytomel in addition to Synthroid be nearly as likely to benefit me as Armour may be...
... added Cytomel will most definitely help in addition to Synthroid . You are better off though in getting Armour, especially ... the T4 work better?
2. Would Cytomel in addition to Synthroid be nearly as likely to benefit me as Armour may be...
- Test Results... Any thoughts??? 5th September 2003
... my test results.
Results when I was on 88 mcg of Synthroid
08/05/03
FREE T4 1.20 (0.80 - 2.20)
TOTAL T3 ... my dose.
Do you think he will switch me back to Synthroid or a different T4 only drug? I wasn't very happy...
- Information Please 4th September 2003
... hearts and they fear getting sued.
My mom has been on synthroid almost 30 years; she is 84. She is now in a nursing ... Some of the long term side effects of taking just synthroid T4. Other problems she has are anemia, problems with...
- Synthroid or No Synthroid? That is the question. 4th September 2003
... If I were you I would try a different brand. Synthroid works for some but doesn't for everyone. You do have...
- total body scan prior to RAI? cytomel? 4th September 2003
... first.
Also, I heard about taking cytomel instead of synthroid up until two weeks before the RAI. I asked him about...
- on synthroid and no change 4th September 2003
... checked sooner. One month is NOT enough time for the synthroid to get fully into your system. You need at least 6 ... message board have or still are experiencing.
I was on synthroid 50mcg with "mild" hypothyroidism (TSH 8.6) After 6 ... weeks, I was checked again. TSH was at 5.065. My synthroid was upped to 75mcg. According to the new lab ranges...
- Returned to work - down hill since 4th September 2003
... energy to go in. Seven weeks ago my edno increased my Synthroid from 75mcg to 100mcg and three weeks later I went ... to alternate the 75mcg with the 100mcg to reduce my Synthroid level. I did and then I felt good enough to return ... now hypo with fatigue and mild depression. How can Synthroid be that critical or is it just the wrong medication...
... Originally posted by luke1:
How can Synthroid be that critical or is it just the wrong medication...
- lab results 4th September 2003
... a new doc yesterday. He says he wants to lower my Synthroid dose again (was at .112 for years, then at .1 since...
- Weight loss anyone? 3rd September 2003
...
Do people lose weight after a while? I'm taking Synthroid .
It's been only about 2 weeks.
I know taking Birth...
... I lost 5 pounds in 4 months on Synthroid . It is drving me CRAZY. I exercise 3 to 4 times...
- My test results - but I hosed them... :( 3rd September 2003
... I was so hyper that I didn't take my Synthroid for over a week before I had my blood tests done,...
- why DO my legs ache??! 3rd September 2003
... my nite: bed at midnite; up at 3 to pee and take my synthroid and i feel fine; up at 5-ish to pee and i stay up...
- The return of a reliable thyroid drug called "Proloid" is what we need !!! 2nd September 2003
... both synthetic and natural variaties. These include Synthroid , Levothyroxine and Armour to name just a few.
All ... distiquished into three catagories:
1. Synthetic (eg. Synthroid , Levothyroxin)
2. Dessicated Thyroid ( eg. Armour...
- changing from synthroid to armour???? 2nd September 2003
... When I switched from Synthroid to Armour I thought it bothered my stomach, but later...
... variation in the dosage of the natural hormone. The Synthroid seems to be much easier to control blood levels....
- Want to share my success story. 2nd September 2003
... right away. Started me on Armour, with a brief try on Synthroid (did not like it). I was fine, forgot I had a thyroid...
- tired of pretending 2nd September 2003
... whatever demands treatment and he'll prescribe some synthroid , then write a lab req. for another TSH, T3, T4 to ... doc said, "hmm, maybe thyroid ...", gave you some synthroid , waited a month, and bob's your uncle! you felt better...
... found out she had Hypoth'd so she put her on .075mcg synthroid .Her husband who is also a Dr.visited my mother to ... cover for his wife,and he uped her synthroid to .112mcg ,and she was doing really well.I was sooooo ... long story short. After years of taking 0.05mcg of synthroid .My DR. all of a sudden decides she should up my medication ... synthroid to 0.75mcg without even a TSH test.She said I looked ... test and my thyroid was 6.2 My new doctor uped my synthroid to 0.125mcg.I also found out the reason I was having...
- Hashimotos...pls help anyone...i m desperate 2nd September 2003
... subclinical hypothyroidism.Then prescribed me with synthroid and at my first pill i ve felt like i was about o ... terrible for the rest of the day.I stopped taking synthroid since then.
And we come to the present day.
My doc...
... I was put on Levoxyl at first, then after surgery synthroid .
What was your experience with synthroid?...
... that would usually quiet down at the next dose.
Synthroid , is T4 only, and really should not cause you any difference...
... doc told me that there's no need now...
as for the synthroid ...i ve had a panic attack and felt like i was about...
... of it.
Seems odd though, that a couple of doses of Synthroid would make you feel that bad. I do know that some ... to know much about all this really. What does of Synthroid were you taking?...
- AlmostThere in regards to a post of yours 1st September 2003
... taking T4 meds. Can I ask what brand your on? I take Synthroid and have taken it since 1988. Just recently I have...
- Do Hashi's need to stay away from sugar?? 1st September 2003
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Hashimoto's~Hypo
50 mcg's of Synthroid
DX'd in May 2003...
... fibro.
Some say I should wait longer and give the Synthroid a chance, but I don't know...it's been 3 1/2 months ...
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Hashimoto's~Hypo
50 mcg's of Synthroid
DX'd in May 2003...
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Hashimoto's~Hypo
50 mcg's of Synthroid
DX'd in May 2003...
- It was anxiety on my part not the meds after all..Now the weight.. 31st August 2003
...
Hello, It's been 2 weeks since I started Synthroid . I started to have anxiety and all the things comes ... to take my pill for my anxiety but I was fine with Synthroid .. ALot going on in my life in the past few days.
Anyway ... more like water retention and I feel puffy. Would synthroid help after a while to lose weight? I'm taking 0.1mg...
- can't take it anymore, what should I do? 31st August 2003
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Hashimoto's~Hypo
50 mcg's of Synthroid
DX'd in May 2003...
- Anyone with hypo have normal TSH levels? 31st August 2003
... on more LT4 or Armour than what I take now in the Synthroid and Cytomel, I'd do much better, but the docs I've...
... wrong. Lo and behold, yep low thyroid. Put me on synthroid and made a real difference BUT when you have thyroid...
- help!-anyone go off meds with success 30th August 2003
... turns bright red and is hot-hot-hot! I have been on Synthroid for 26 years and if I have learned anything it is...
... the pills that had dyes. This happened to me with Synthroid and Levoxyl. It took a few years for my doctor to...
- Food allergies? 30th August 2003
... ve been doing, what I ate, if I forgot to take my synthroid , what time I took it and whatever else I think might...
- Starting meds after RAI 30th August 2003
... RAI on thurs. My dr. had me start taking 50 mcg of Synthroid the day after my treatment (yesterday). Did anyone...
... levels in a few weeks to see if I need a higher dose of Synthroid . My TSH was 126 on Thurs., so I'm worried it will...
... Well, I talked to my Dr. yesterday morning about my Synthroid dose and I guess he meant to put me on 150 mcg, not...
... May.. I had my blood tested and put on .112 mg of synthroid only the 29th of July. I am almost at 6 weeks, but...
- how long for meds to work? 30th August 2003
... am going through the same thing right now, been on synthroid for 8 weeks but still having ups and downs. i am finding...
... Same thing here. Been on synthroid almost 7 weeks now. Today's a good day,yesterday fair...
- don't know what to do!!! help!! 30th August 2003
... hang in there and be patient. Thyroid medicine like Synthroid and Levoxyl, take weeks to get some decent effects ... taking, but I'm assuming by the does it is either Synthroid or Levoxyl.
I have to say that I first started out ... d printed out on the site, why it was better than Synthroid , etc. Well the endo gave me Armour. To make a long ... sometimes hypo, so off of it I went. Then I went to Synthroid , but, again, armed with information from this healthboard ... discovered another problem after I just stayed on Synthroid : Synthroid gave me trouble---one of the reasons ended ... that for some reason, she too hadn't done well on Synthroid herself, but she switched to another version of the ... have any reactions on the dye free pill like I did on Synthroid 's. And I started to feel better, but I still was...
... GP who put me on it (the 75, and you're right, it's synthroid ), it was my own stupid SELF, because i thought the ... called "eltroxin (levothyroxine)" and the other is " synthroid (levothyroxine)" -- they're different strengths i...
... are taking also cytomel and that the 100 strength of Synthroid made you feel funny.
Okay, here's the deal---Synthroid ... weird all over.
Once I quit the cytomel, I found that Synthroid also gave me weird feeling, kind of bad. Thank God ... version, which is supposed to be the same thing as Synthroid , and others, would make such a HUGE difference, but ... me that a lot of other people who had problems on Synthroid did good on Levoxyl. So, your endo or your great ... to Levoxyl, because it is supposed to be just like Synthroid , and the doses are supposed to be similar.
But, and ... that this would have been impossible for me to do on Synthroid .
Now my sister does okay on Synthroid, and so does ... be due to the cytomel mixing and clashing with the synthroid , as happened with me.
Myself, and 4 friends and family ... members taking either Levoxyl or Synthroid , we are all doing great just on the levothyroxine...
... fillers. I'm fine with Levothroid, I'm fine with Synthroid , I'm fine with Cytomel. But Levoxyl is demon-seed ... be due to the cytomel mixing and clashing with the synthroid , as happened with me.
Actually this is impossible ... problems. This happens when you convert the T4 in the Synthroid to T3, which is the Cytomel you are taking.
[This...
... SE,
thank you both for your kind replies; the 112 synthroid no longer gives me "funny feelings", so i guess one ... think i might try that here -- i'm quite sensitive to synthroid also), be aware of those "funny feelings" ... might...
... effect. But that wasn't true of Armour, Cytomel, and Synthroid . I gave each a fair try for a minimum of 2 years each ... what works for one person, may not work for another. Synthroid is awful for me. Cytomel is 10,000 times worse than ... Synthroid for me---the both together each added their own bad ... be due to the cytomel mixing and clashing with the synthroid , as happened with me."
You misunderstood me. I didn ... Cytomel compounding the bad side effects I got from Synthroid , both mixing & clashing together in my body (side...
... feelings over your well being at .58.
And if the Synthroid is not doing bad for you, then don't switch. Even...
... sensations. I did get awful hyper feelings though, with Synthroid even, as well as Armour and Cytomel. Welcome to the...
- Does anyone have trouble with lactic acid buildup? 30th August 2003
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Hashimoto's~Hypo
50 mcg's of Synthroid
DX'd in May 2003...
- anxiety relief 29th August 2003
... to ask: is your dosage right? when i'm on too much synthroid , i basically feel like crap (SO irritable and such...
... I get so tired.
I has RAI in May and have been on synthroid since July 29. I have been depressed.
I really...
- alternative medicine/doctor 29th August 2003
... . Which is a heck of a lot better than 30%. The Synthroid is causing me to have insomnia worse than what I already...
... doing the healthy thing. Initially, docs increased my Synthroid but now have reduced it almost to the dosage prior...
- Levoxyl 29th August 2003
... took radioactive iodine 5 years ago and was put on synthroid and then levoxyl and was miserable. The male doc I ... Pig’s Thyroid is what everybody took before they had synthroid . Pigs and humans are a lot alike, we also get transplanted...
... didn't work.
After my thyroid surgery I was put on synthroid . I have more energy now, but do not know if it is ... from the synthroid , or just the surgery in general....
- Skipped Pills! (Help!) 29th August 2003
... I have a question. I am on vacation and I left my synthroid at home. My doc's office is closed for the holiday ... weekend and I will not get my Synthroid (150mcg) until Monday or Tuesday. I am hypo and have...
... Teh half-life of T4 (the hormone in Synthroid ) is about 7 days. IT is hard to say how it will affect...
... thought I'd add my 2 cents anyway. I went without my Synthroid for 10 days and went from .12 to 5.76 TSH. I was so ... couldn't stand it, and that's why I stopped taking my Synthroid for awhile. It won't hurt you to go without for a...
- Tumor is malignant - please help me 29th August 2003
... very relieved and happy! The surgeon started me on synthroid and I have been feeling wonderful (lots of energy ... that it is malignant and that I have to get off the synthroid . I have been feeling so great and now I have to get ... off the synthroid and feel bad again.
Isn't this strange that the first...
... responses. I just really want to get back on the synthroid since I was feeling so much better when I was on it...
- Hashi's 29th August 2003
... and have it all removed. I am now on a low dose of synthroid , and levels have been stable for three months. Oh...
- i figured out what my problem is ... 29th August 2003
... is that is takes weeks for thyroid medicines like synthroid to make any changes in your TSH, and just as long ... any quick fixes and it takes time to get better on Synthroid and Levoxyl, because these medicines work slowly....
- Question on Medication/Symptoms 29th August 2003
... feeling of a lump in the throat?
I had been on Synthroid (.088mcg) for a few years... luckily I never felt...
... I was on Synthroid for 3 months when the doctor told me to stop them...
- Hypothermia,cold... anxiety or thyroid? 29th August 2003
... t you post here two weeks ago to say you took one Synthroid tablet and refused to take any more?
We told you then...
... but mostly, it made me more sleepy. Since I started synthroid 6 weeks ago, I feel much better as far as the depression ... better (in fact, a couple more have come up). But the synthroid has done much more for the depression than the xanax ... have recently stopped the Prozac just to see if the synthroid helps my PMS symptoms. I sometimes experience the...
- Synthroid and the Dyes used 29th August 2003
... You can find the dyes used in synthroid at [url="http://www.synthroid.com"]www.synthroid.com...
... cheaper. Or you could go with the 2 50's...
Since Synthroid has the rainbow colors to them, it's often the case ... you have a problem with...
The List of Dyes Used in Synthroid
[code]
25 FD&C Yellow No. 6 Aluminum Lake
50 None...
... people are allergic to red & yellow dyes.
Actually Synthroid is the only brand that uses the dyes to a huge extent...
... for me either. So hence I'm back to taking only the Synthroid . Been taking this med since 88 and I'm just now thinking...
- Thyroid mass 29th August 2003
... once. I live just fine without my thyroid, taking Synthroid everyday. I just thought I would pass along my feelings...
- Whoa Nellie, Major TSH Swing 28th August 2003
... next visit (in a month) he would likely start me on synthroid . OK, I may sound like a broken record here, but I...
- sick of being sick!!! 28th August 2003
... -- i thought 'ya just suffered and were glad when synthroid came out -- SHOOT!!! i'm so sleepy i could die and ... for the numbers!), so i'm going to take even more synthroid ...thank god my daughter's grown or it would be a...
... -- i thought 'ya just suffered and were glad when synthroid came out -- SHOOT!!! i'm so sleepy i could die and ... for the numbers!), so i'm going to take even more synthroid ...thank god my daughter's grown or it would be a...
- Very bad times - GOITER - Need advise 28th August 2003
... I'm 31 years old and on Synthroid for more than 10 years.
I started taking 100 then ... .... wrong thought...!!!! I started taking my 150 Synthroid on an empty stomach first time in the morning.......
- Raw Thyroid???? 28th August 2003
... my thyroid and produced no side effects like with Synthroid , etc. Mine is made by Nutri-Pak and is relatively...
... Do you also take Synthroid or some other thyroid hormone? I am very curious...
... took radioactive iodine 5 years ago and was put on synthroid and then lavoxal and was miserable. The male doc ... Pigs Thyroid is what everybody took before they had synthroid . Pigs and humans are a lot alike, we also get transplated...
... another question. Do you have to go off of Levoxyl or Synthroid for any amount of time before you can start on Armour...
- Are we a bunch of lab mice? 26th August 2003
... about 40 years ago. Of course with the advent of Synthroid and the TSH test, the doctor seem to have gotten more...
- another night of almost no sleep.....please help! 26th August 2003
... I am on synthroid - .150. And yes, I have a goiter - it's been there...
... I am on synthroid .25mcg and my doc said the sleepig otc sleeping pills...
- 9 mm nodule found on thyroid... 26th August 2003
... while my dr. was on vacation upped my meds to 100mcg synthroid form 75 mcg. It was a big jump. When my doctor came...
... Hi. How long have you been on Synthroid ? For me it has been 26 years.Over these years I have...
- ARRRGH! Dr. Frustration!!!! 26th August 2003
... riiiiiiiight.) My TSH is still high. She's doubled my Synthroid for now. I told her to give me a copy of my blood...
- Shrimp Allergy, anyone? 26th August 2003
... because of the iodine. There may even be a link with Synthroid because I understand that it contains iodine.
I...
- i feel AWFUL! 25th August 2003
... next day), then felt fine for about 2 months on 75mcg synthroid , then broke my hip and 2 or 3 weeks later ...
i'm...
- Do medications really help? 25th August 2003
... that many of the people who responded to you are on synthroid or another t4 only med. Very many times with synthroid...
... Even on the pathetically low trial dose of Synthroid I was first given, I felt a small improvement in energy...
- Who knows more anymore, the doctor or the patient? 25th August 2003
... DUH!!!!! Then he told me that he wanted to up my Synthroid dosage. I told him that I still had symptoms ( he ... you don't know!!), but that I will have to take the synthroid forever to control my nodule. In one breath he told...
... then I found a letter from the FDA to the makers of Synthroid that goes into detail about their history of problems...
- Roni, Roni, Roni 25th August 2003
... keep up with what I am already taking. I take my Synthroid in the am and then go back to bed. Throughout the...
- Too much Synthroid??? 25th August 2003
... am definitely NOT "switching meds". I have been on Synthroid the whole time. Was also on Birth Control pills,...
- can't eat...can't sleep...walking zombie? you betcha 25th August 2003
... appetite is all but gone again since the doctor upped my synthroid dose. I am in search of a new doctor because I still...
- Dear IWL... 24th August 2003
... knew the way they kept moving my meds up and down on Synthroid and Levoxyl that these meds were not working. I didn...
- Back to Work 24th August 2003
... because of my hypo symptoms. About five weeks ago my Synthroid was upped to 100mcg from 75mcg and I felt worse. ...
- Meep - are these levels too high now??? 24th August 2003
... (.3-5.7)
New Doc changed me from Levoxyl .125 to Synthroid .150 and then told me to go up to .175 two weeks later...
... not sure on your dosage.
But I was on 0.225mg of synthroid , then they took me off it because I was overmedicated ... , then back on synthroid at 0.175mg. This goofed all my levels up.
Well I ... your symptoms will start to decrease as soon as the synthroid is leveled off.
May I ask why you switched from Levoxyl ... to Synthroid ?...
... don't know why - all the doctor will tell me is that synthroid is absorbed better by most people - but this is also...
... you are getting hyper symptoms on the higher dose of Synthroid it would be very good to find a doctor that knows...
- taking cytomel by itself... 24th August 2003
... I noticed most people are taking cytomel with synthroid or eltrxoin along with it. I currently take 5 mcg ... that I wasn't making my symptoms up- but just with synthroid by itself. My levels were a little above when they...
... a natural hormone and is doing much better than on Synthroid . I really beleive that drs just pick a starting med ... they still have a problem hearing us. I have been on Synthroid for 26 years,good,bad and indifferent. I have learned...
- looking for new treatment direction - hypo 24th August 2003
... I run into problems with switching meds? I was on Synthroid for a while until my pharmacy screwed up and started...
- CONFUSSED 23rd August 2003
... said it was normal # but said i may need low dose of synthroid anyway.I was on it about 2 months when doc. up and...
- Hair regrowth 23rd August 2003
... I similarly had lots of hair loss, it continued on synthroid (a side effect my dr. said is hair loss) with hair...
... im a newbie i just found out i have a thyroid im on synthroid 1 tab 75 mg for past 2 weeks, i saw on the internet...
- hypo-fast heart rate? 23rd August 2003
... help some.
I know my dr. is planning on putting me on synthroid once my treatment is done. I'm wondering if that will...
- emioo1 23rd August 2003
... tell you is-- sometimes (frustrating as it is) maybe synthroid just isn't working for you-- or it could be the dose...
... I started.
The DR doesn't seem to think it's the Synthroid . He said I'm taking some thing my body is lacking...
- Help me!!!! I can't live like this anymore! 22nd August 2003
... drags behind the FT4 value in a person who takes just Synthroid (or other synthetic T4). If I were to look at this...
... awfully slow to treat ... one just has to wait for the synthroid to drag the T3 up, and the T4 (synthroid) must saturate...
- Westroid & Nature-throid 22nd August 2003
... Synthroid is synthetic. Armour, Westroid & Naturethroid are...
- Synthroid and Anxiety... Anyone? 22nd August 2003
... the info.
But is it normal to feel like this with Synthroid ?
I called my Dr and he's out of town til Monday....
... I think this is normal if you are getting too much Synthroid , as I am. My doc decreased my dose from 175 to 150...
... one of the documented adverse side effects of T-4, Synthroid Levoxyl, ect, can be nervousness anxiety, ect. I...
... I was hypo for years, and on 150 mcg of Synthroid . Then I saw a specilist, and we experimented with...
... were going on in my life that week.
Now the 0.1gm of Synthroid is not giving my anxiety so I'm happy.
I just want ... away.
It's been only 2 weeks since i started taking Synthroid meds so i hope it'll kick in soon.
Emi ...
... I've been on synthroid 0.05 mg for 7 weeks. Yesterday morning, I took my...
... again, and it's been a week now that I've been back on Synthroid , and my insides are churning and I feel like I might ... hypo, then went hyper, now back to hypo. I only take Synthroid . Can that be causing my nervousness and anxiety? Should...
... Marilyn
The only thing I'm taking is synthroid . I wish I could answer your questions but those are...
... Can my Synthroid dosage of 150 be too high even though my TSH a week...
... hyperthyroid.
Do you think it was DIRECTLY the Synthroid that made you not get better? Whew..... I am so tired...
- new to this 22nd August 2003
... slight improvement of these symptoms since starting Synthroid 0.05 5 weeks ago). I also have had the skipped heartbeats ... EKG and holter monitor tests done before starting Synthroid .. Both turned out OK. I have the hair loss too. No...
- Gotta find a Dr.-how? 22nd August 2003
... What is Armour Thyroid and how is it different from Synthroid and others? I guess what I want to know is When I...
... Armour thyroid is natural while Synthroid is synthetic. Armour is thyroid extract which contains ... T4, T3, the other thyronines & calcitonin), while Synthroid is just T4.
How fast TSH changes, depends on you...
- Bad Attitude off Meds 21st August 2003
... I'm on Synthroid most the time and I have to go off to get my radiation...
- Hi There!! Newbie Here... Please Help 21st August 2003
... checks, etc.. and I've not done that.. I've been on Synthroid , Levoxal (not sure of the spelling), and my latest...
- Please help. 21st August 2003
... 50 mcg syntroid.
They have now prescribed 150 mcg synthroid . I just got off the phone with the nurse who told...
... mcg's (micrograms). For example, the leading brand, Synthroid , is manufactured in tablets in increments from 25...
- am I crazy? 21st August 2003
... so sleepy!), felt better for about three months ay synthroid 75mcg, and as far as i know, heart palps can be a...
- Test results back - now what? 20th August 2003
... But why should I? Do you take anything now like Synthroid ? You say you have hypo symptoms, if I had to take ... a frequent problem with a synthetic T4 option like Synthroid . This also makes the synthetic T4 one of the worst ... doctors don't care about us - it shows in that fact that Synthroid /LT4 options are most prescribed along with others...
- Hypothyroidism 20th August 2003
... pothyroidism a couple months ago and started treatment with Synthroid . So far, my worst symptom by far has been fatigue ... it has not improved one bit with the tiny dose of Synthroid I've been on. I've heard from others that treatment...
... have the same problem as you. I was put on 50mcg of Synthroid . I also take vitamin B complex, flax seed oil, a...
... I was taken off 25mcg of Levoxyl and put on the Synthroid . I haven't been on it long enough to say how I am...
- Hashi's and meds 20th August 2003
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Hashimoto's~Hypo
50 mcg's of Synthroid
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