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Levoxyl (Levothyroxine) - Reviews, Ratings, Comments by Patients

 

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Below are Levoxyl (Levothyroxine) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence.
 

Levoxyl review by 63 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   Mild Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   low thyroid levels
Dosage & duration:   100mcg (dosage frequency: once a day) for the period of 2years
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   weight loss, more energy
Side effects:   hair loss at first. subsided after a few months
Comments:   take one pill each morning on an empty stomach with a large glass of water. each 3 months have blood test to determine the need to increase or decrease the medicines dose.

 

Levoxyl review by 53 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   hypothyroid
Dosage & duration:   100 mcg (dosage frequency: once a day) for the period of several years
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   cytomel - 25 mgg/day
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   According to thyroid tests that I take every year, the combination of levothyroxine and cytomel are keeping my hypothyroid under control.
Side effects:   None that I am aware of.
Comments:   It took some trial and error to find the right combination of drugs to treat my hypothyroid, but once we started the combo of levothyroxine and cytomel, my tests show that everything is under control. I take the one pill of each one first thing in the morning with lots of water before eating anything. I have to wait 30 minutes before I eat breakfast. The hardest part is that I have to wait 2 hours before I take any calcium pills, which means I often forget to take my calcium.

 

Levoxyl review by 54 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   hypothyroid problem
Dosage & duration:   0..150mg taken once a day for the period of 35 yrs so far
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   made me feel normal
Side effects:   none
Comments:   i have to take a peel every morning at the same time.if i dont and i forget i get tired its a different kind of tired though.once they stopped giving me the pill for 7 weeks and my hair started falling out i was lethargik i thought i was moving fast but i was moving very slow.i bloated up,i started to think kind of weird.i wanted to sleep all the time i was a real mess.so i take the medication consistantley the best i can.

 

Levoxyl review by 49 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   hypothyroidism
Dosage & duration:   100 (dosage frequency: once daily before breakfast) for the period of two years
Other conditions:   hypertension
Other drugs taken:   dyazide
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Less fatigue, less weight unaccountable weight gain, less hair fall-out.
Side effects:   None
Comments:   The only difficulty taking this is that one has to wait thirty minutes before eating or drinking in the morning. Therefore I take it upon first waking up - immediately. Or sometimes I take it and go back to bed if I am awake early.

 

Levoxyl review by 45 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Marginally Effective
Side effects:   Mild Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   lethergy
Dosage & duration:   10mcg (dosage frequency: daily) for the period of 1 year
Other conditions:   nil
Other drugs taken:   nil
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   I got up and felt better in the morning, then as the day went on I felt more and more lethargic so I dont know if I was taking the right amount or if it was the drug. I then took it twice a day but it did not seem to help my lethargy
Side effects:   bone aches
Comments:   1 daily

 

Levoxyl review by 48 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   hypothroidism
Dosage & duration:   1mg taken once daily for the period of 13 years
Other conditions:   none
Other drugs taken:   none
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   I had developed panic attacks and depression. I had other symptoms such as small weight gain, hair thinning, very tired and slept allot. The doctor originally thought that I simply had depression so she prescribed an anit-depressant. After about a year things still were not right. So she did a thyroid panel. She quicky got me on a regular dosage and the panic and depression went away along with most of the other symptoms.
Side effects:   No side affects from the treatment that I can think of.
Comments:   Take one pill first thing in the morning on an empty stomach and wait at least an hour to eat.
 


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