Treating low thyroid activity and treating or suppressing different types of goiters. It is also used with surgery and other medicines for managing certain types of thyroid cancer.
Levothyroxine is a thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormones are produced and released by the thyroid gland and regulate the body's metabolism. When the thyroid gland is underactive (hypothyroidism) it does not produce enough thyroid hormone and metabolism slows.
Do NOT use Levothyroxine if:
you are allergic to any ingredient in Levothyroxine
you have a history of heart attack, chest pain (angina), adrenal gland problems, or elevated thyroid hormone levels that have not been treated
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using Levothyroxine :
Some medical conditions may interact with Levothyroxine. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
if you have heart problems, high blood pressure, blood clotting problems, diabetes, bone loss (osteoporosis), digestion or nutrient absorption problems, infertility problems, pituitary gland problems, high thyroid levels, or other thyroid problems
If you have just had or are scheduled for surgery
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Levothyroxine. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
Aluminum salts (eg, antacids), aminoquinolones (eg, chloroquine), amiodarone, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (eg, simvastatin), iron salts (eg, ferrous sulfate), raloxifene, rifampin, sertraline, or sucralfate because they may decrease Levothyroxine 's effectiveness
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (eg, simvastatin) or tricyclic antidepressants (eg, amitriptyline) because side effects such as nervousness, fast heart rate, or irregular heartbeat may occur
Anticoagulants (eg, warfarin) or ketamine because their actions and the risk of their side effects may be increased by Levothyroxine
Beta-blockers (eg, metoprolol) or digitalis glycosides (eg, digoxin) because their effectiveness may be decreased by Levothyroxine
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if Levothyroxine may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use Levothyroxine :
Use Levothyroxine as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
Take Levothyroxine on an empty stomach at least 1 hour before or 2 to 3 hours after eating. It is recommended that you take your dose 1 hour before breakfast unless otherwise directed by your doctor.
Take Levothyroxine with a full glass of water (8 oz/240 mL).
Notify your health care provider if you eat foods that contain soybean flour (infant formula), cottonseed meal, walnuts, or dietary fiber. These foods decrease the absorption of Levothyroxine. Your doctor may need to change your dose of Levothyroxine.
Take Levothyroxine 4 hours apart from calcium supplements, iron, antacids (those containing aluminum, calcium, or magnesium), simethicone, cholestyramine, colestipol, sucralfate, or sodium polystyrene sulfonate. These medicines may decrease the absorption of Levothyroxine into your
bloodstream.
Levothyroxine works best if it is taken at the same time each day.
It may take several weeks (4 to 6 weeks) before you notice an improvement in your symptoms.
Levothyroxine will usually have to be taken for life, except in the cases of temporary low thyroid activity associated with thyroid inflammation and in patients who are taking Levothyroxine on a trial basis.
For children or patients who cannot swallow whole tablets: Crush the tablet and mix in 1 or 2 teaspoons (5 or 10 mL) of water, and give using a spoon or dropper as soon as possible after preparation. Do not store the mixture for later use. Do not mix crushed tablets in soybean infant formula. Consult your
pharmacist for more information.
If you miss a dose of Levothyroxine and you are taking it regularly, take it as soon as possible. If several hours have passed or if it is nearing time for the next dose, do not double the dose to catch up, unless advised by your health care provider. Do not take 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Levothyroxine.
Important safety information:
Levothyroxine may rapidly swell and disintegrate resulting in choking, gagging, the tablet getting stuck in your throat, or difficulty swallowing. It is very important that you take the tablet with a full glass of water. Most of these problems disappeared when levothyroxine tablets were taken with
water.
Tell your doctor or dentist that you take Levothyroxine before you receive any medical or dental care, emergency care, or surgery.
If you are taking blood thinners at the same time as Levothyroxine , lab tests will be required to adjust the blood thinners.
Diabetes patients - Levothyroxine may affect your blood sugar. Check blood sugar levels closely. Ask your doctor before you change the dose of your diabetes medicine.
Lab tests will be required to monitor therapy. Be sure to keep appointments.
Use Levothyroxine with caution in the ELDERLY; they may be more sensitive to its effects.
Levothyroxine should be used with caution in CHILDREN; overuse may reduce the child's final adult height.
PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: It is not known if Levothyroxine can cause harm to the fetus. If you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits and risks of using Levothyroxine while you are pregnant. Levothyroxine is found in breast milk. If you are or will be
breast-feeding while you use Levothyroxine , check with your doctor.
Discuss any possible risks to your baby.
Possible side effects of Levothyroxine :
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); changes in appetite; changes in menstrual periods; chest pain; difficulty breathing; excessive sweating; fast heartbeat; fever; headache; hives or skin rash; hyperactivity; inability to handle warm or hot room/weather conditions;
irregular heartbeat; irritability; leg cramps; nervousness; pounding in the
chest; seizures; shortness of breath; tremors; weight gain or weight loss.
What is the shelf life of the pills?
The expiry date is mentioned on each blister. It is different for different batches. The shelf life is 2 years from the date of manufacture and would differ from batch to batch depending on when they were manufactured.
Thank you for the complimentary pack of
Sildenafil Citrate I'll be sure to put them to good use.
If health insurance is cheaper for women with contraception, then why mandate it?
If obama is right and health insurance is cheaper, then why would he mandate it? I dont get the point, because businesses want to save money, so they will already want the "cheaper" insurance, right?.The only "good" reasons that anyone has presented were "it's not fair men get viagra"(pathetic), and "the insurance companies won't offer it if we don't mandate this on the whole society".Wouldn't it make more sense to force the public insurance companies(still unconstitutional but better than the suggested alternative) to offer the "cheaper option", rather than force everyone to buy it so that insurance companies have to offer it in order to have a product to sell? Please no responses from those who oppose this mandate, for it will look better if there are no answers to this question. Only reasonable, rash, logical, answers please.Thanks.
I appreciate the input and I agree, but once again it would be better if there were no answers from our side.
No, I'm being forced to pay for a "medical" service that I feel goes against my conscience in the form of health insurance. I shouldn't have to make that choice.
Heres what I think: I think that Mr. Obama knows health insurance will be more expensive with it, so in order to sell his idea, he's telling everyone it will be cheaper. The reality is that once the law is in effect it will be much harder to reverse, and there won't be anything left to compare prices to, so it will be left to speculation. If he forced the option on insurance companies, then the price increase would be evident, and well, thats not going to fly now is it?
@mark Your right about employers rights and what have you, but I would like you to keep in mind that employees have the right to work for someone else, thats why we fought the civil war. Then your going to say: well what about retirement, and benefits? Then I'm going to say most women who want birth control are young and aren't that indebted in their benefits and retirement. Also I will add that if a couple peoples retirements are affected in order to keep freedom of religion, than thats a lot less than what some have given.
@ dawn of the zombie. You must not have read correctly. I said offer the "cheaper" option, I never said offer it solely. That would let employers choose based on their conscience, what option they wanted to buy.
@mark: I thought that the whole retirement thing would let you fill in the blanks on the other issues, that's why I didn't mention them. Any way you would like to look at it, these peoples sufferings in the name of religious freedom is a small price to pay compared to what some have suffered. Here's a ? How do you feel about the suffering of a vet coming home, after all they go through, to have to start a business and hire employees knowing that his $ is going to something he feels is unethical and goes against his conscience? Then imagine how confused he must feel when he realizes that the freedom he's fought so hard for, the freedom where he didn't have to make a decision that made him feel he's upset his higher power, has been taken by the very people he fought to protect it for. Then imagine the religious families who have lost a loved one for freedom, only to be dismayed at the fact that they have to pay for something against their religion and conscience.
Whose suffering do you think will be worse, and whose should we care more about?
about longer hair growth?
I am 33 years old male. I am suffering from androgenic alopecia, i am using minoxidil and finasteride even my hair not growing properly. It is very short and i would like to my hair to grow long. Any body please suggest me how to grow hair healthy and long. please please please..........
can you really spot any mistakes in this list ?
1. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor, for free. [...]
6. The Founding Fathers were liberals.
7. Fascism is a right-wing trait. [...]
10. Reagan raised taxes eleven times as President.
11. Reagan legalized abortion as Governor of California.
12. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency.
13. Ronald Reagan supported gun control. [...]
24. Hate is not a Christian virtue. [...]
26. Republicans spend MORE money than Democrats. [...]
29. The Constitution is the law, NOT the Bible.
30. Sharia law doesn’t exist in America.
31. The President is NOT a Muslim.
32. Corporations are NOT people. People are people.
33. Fox News isn’t real news, it’s just a racist, sexist, hateful, right-wing propaganda machine.
34. The Federal Reserve was a Republican idea.
35. Women are equal citizens who deserve equal rights. [...]
37. Abortion is a relevant medical procedure, just ask Rick Santorum.
38. Please use spell check.
39. It’s “pundit”, not “pundint”.
40. Social Security is solvent through 2038. [...]
42. Roe v. Wade was a bipartisan ruling made by a conservative leaning Supreme Court. [...]
45. Barack Obama ordered the killing of Osama Bin Laden. It took him two and half years to do what Bush couldn’t do in eight. [...]
47. 9/11 happened on George W. Bush’s watch, therefore he did NOT keep America safe. [...]
49. Separation of church and state is in the Constitution, it’s called the First Amendment.
50. Muslims are protected by the Constitution, just as much as Christians. [...]
53. America is a nation of immigrants, therefore we are all anchor babies.
54. The white race isn’t disappearing, it’s evolving. [...]
56. Evolution is real.
57. The Earth is 4.54 billion years old, not 6,000.
58. The Founding Fathers did not free the slaves.
59. The Revolution was NOT fought over slavery.
60. Paul Revere warned the Americans, NOT the British.
61. Federal law trumps state law.
62. The Civil War was about slavery, NOT state’s rights.
63. Corporations care more about profits than they do about people.
64. Getting out of a recession requires government spending.
65. Glenn Beck is a nut-job. [...]
67. Republicans don’t want to pay for your birth control, but they want you to pay for their Viagra.
68. Republicans actually NEED Viagra.
69. Fox News is owned by an Australian and has a Saudi prince as an investor.
70. Republicans complain about immigrants taking American jobs, then freely give American jobs to foreigners overseas. [...]
72. Labor unions built this country. [...]
77. Republicans only care about children BEFORE they are born. [...]
82. Churches should stay out of politics, or be taxed. [...]
88. The current corporate tax rate is the lowest in 60 years, so stop whining about it being too high. [...]
98. Republicans say teachers are union thugs, then proceed to rape and mug the entire middle class on behalf of corporations.
99. Republicans think rape isn’t a crime, but miscarriages are.
[...]
My boyfriend's erections are inconsistent?
Me (Age 21) and my boyfriend (Age 22), lets call him Jim, have been together for about 4 years now, and for the past 1 year, he has been having slight erection problems.
1. He can always get an erection initially when we first begin to foreplay/have sex.
2. For the past year it hasn't been as SOLID as it used to be the first 3 years that we were having sex.
3. His erections sometime go soft out of nowhere during sex, and I have to do oral on him in order to try to make it erect again. This works sometimes, and other times it doesn't.
4. He said that before he used to get random boners throughout the day, but that doesn't happen anymore, and that he rarely gets morning wood anymore.
He went to the doctor 6 months ago, and the doctor did a bunch of tests and said that nothing is physically wrong with him. He gave him some viagra type pills for him to try out for a while until everything got back to normal, however my boyfriend doesn't want to take them because he is worried about it affecting his health in the long run because he is so young. There is no talking him out of this so pills are out of the question.
We both get frusturated sometimes, and have had a lot of arguments over it, but just recently decided that we love each other and we will deal with it.
Have any of you experienced this personally or with your signficant other? did you find something other than any pills that worked for you?
I would really appreciate any professionals' advice as well.
Thanks.
My boyfriend's erection are inconsistent?
Me (Age 21) and my boyfriend (Age 22), lets call him Jim, have been together for about 4 years now, and for the past 1 year, he has been having slight erection problems.
1. He can always get an erection initially when we first begin to foreplay/have sex.
2. For the past year it hasn't been as SOLID as it used to be the first 3 years that we were having sex.
3. His erections sometime go soft out of nowhere during sex, and I have to do oral on him in order to try to make it erect again. This works sometimes, and other times it doesn't.
4. He said that before he used to get random boners throughout the day, but that doesn't happen anymore, and that he rarely gets morning wood anymore.
He went to the doctor 6 months ago, and the doctor did a bunch of tests and said that nothing is physically wrong with him. He gave him some viagra type pills for him to try out for a while until everything got back to normal, however my boyfriend doesn't want to take them because he is worried about it affecting his health in the long run because he is so young. There is no talking him out of this so pills are out of the question.
We both get frusturated sometimes, and have had a lot of arguments over it, but just recently decided that we love each other and we will deal with it.
Have any of you experienced this personally or with your signficant other? did you find something other than any pills that worked for you?
I would really appreciate any professionals' advice as well.
Thanks.
I am not the problem, we have went through this discussion toooo many time, It definitely isn't me and porn does not work, he alreayd tried that.
I tried ordering viagra online to Ireland and it was caught - what happens if you are caught for a second time?
The first time, I received a letter saying: "Irish Medicines Board will be in touch soon"
I contacted them with the right not to self incriminate, and they really just wanted to know where it came from.
I suffer from ED and have been aware of this for the past 8 years, but being in my mid-late 20s, the Doctors refuse to risk prescribing viagra, even though it's ruining my life.
Edit, my doc reckoned it was related to anxiety and prescribed anti-anxiety meds, which made the problem even worse than before
Got an e mail frok my wife about viagra nad I THOUGHT we did not need it!?
I am working overseas in order to maximize our financial situation. A few months ago, I learned that my wife was spending a lot of time with another man. She says that it's ok to have a male friend cause she is doing nothing wrong. She stated that he has type 1 or 2 diabetes and that she does not have sex with him. I understand that maintaining an erection with diabetes is very difficult UNLESS you use viagra. The wife recently e mailed me info on how to order viagra over the internet. Is there some implied message here, or am I being fooled?
Husband involved in drugs?
Hi everyone.
My husband has been smoking weed for a while (maybe a year or two) only found out a few months ago, because he has become very eratic and very threatening.
He keeps on saying he will quit and so wants to be better....but nothing changes. He is upset that I have "pushed" him aside in our marriage, as I dont want to waste mine and our childrens lives on waiting for him to get it together.
I know he is struggling to get work (no work since Jan), although I think he needs to put the dream of working for himself aside and get a jib as its not easy out there anymore.
He came home today and wants to sell brand new music equipment for almost nothing to pay a gang off, because he got into a sour drug deal and they are apparantely after him. This is not the first time, as he has taken money from us before to pay for "drug" deals gone wrong. I think he just needs to buy more. He told me they would come and visit us at our house if I dont give him more to help him pay them off. I said no. I told him they can come and visit as the police will be called too. He got angry, because he does not want to get busted too.
Do I get tough love and let "shit" happen...or do I bail him out again?
Thanks for the advice...please no silly comments.
What does she mean by "stuff"?
Well I was overhearing/in a conversation with these two girls at school. We'll call them Giselle and Alisa. So Alisa was telling Giselle about why her mom took away her iPhone. Alisa's mom borrowed Alisa's laptop. Alisa's facebook was open on it. Oh and before I get further into the story let me tell you who Slim is. Slim is a tenth grade boy (we're all freshmen) who is kind of a douche, cheats on girls, and thinks he's cool. So Alisa's mom hates Slim. So Alisa's mom, while on Alisa's facebook, sees messages between Alisa and Slim. They were about Alisa buying "stuff" from Slim. What did she mean by "stuff"? I'm guessing drugs but it seems far fetched considering we're ninth graders. Help?
Yeah I am naive haha thanks for not calling me stupid lol. I just usually don't hang out with these kind of girls. I'm a nerd lol.
What did she mean by "stuff"?
Well I was overhearing/in a conversation with these two girls at school. We'll call them Giselle and Alisa. So Alisa was telling Giselle about why her mom took away her iPhone. Alisa's mom borrowed Alisa's laptop. Alisa's facebook was open on it. Oh and before I get further into the story let me tell you who Slim is. Slim is a tenth grade boy (we're all freshmen) who is kind of a douche, cheats on girls, and thinks he's cool. So Alisa's mom hates Slim. So Alisa's mom, while on Alisa's facebook, sees messages between Alisa and Slim. They were about Alisa buying "stuff" from Slim. What did she mean by "stuff"? I'm guessing drugs but it seems far fetched considering we're ninth graders. Help?
Hahah no Alisa isn't her real name so I wasn't talking about you :)
And I'm 14 turning 15 in two weeks. So I guess its the same in England for the most part :)
Is this what im going to do illegal?
in pennsylvania (as of 2012) salvia is illegal in pennsylvania.
would i be able to go to jersey, where it is legal, and buy some there and get it over here?
and i know thats illegal (drug trafficing) but will i be able to buy salvia in jersey? and will they deny me the purchase if i have a pennsylvania liscence? (assuming they ask)
thanks!
Could I be pregnant? No stupid replies please?
Ok i've had a few medical problems recently like passing kidney stones and anxiety, but I am not sure if im late from my period or just screwed up from meds i've been on. I last started my period April 11 of last month and lasted the usual 6 days, was a lil lighter than normal but was regular for the mostpart. Dr's thought I had a kidney infection andput me on a really strong antibiotic for like two weeks that made me sick and I know it messedwith my implant in my arm but we still used condoms. I still have received no signs of any period and from my counting I should be about 4 days late. But the cheap pregnancy test is showing negative. I can't tell if the light blood that comes ONLY when i wipe from going to the bathroom is from my kidney pain or a period cuz no pad or tampon works cuz nothing comes out. Is there a chance I could be pregnant but one of my meds is showing a negative test? I have tramadol, klonopins, cymbalta, and something for arthritis. But im not the smartest when it comes to my cycle.
