Oh my goodness, I wasn't told this! I take mine in the morning with my multi-vitamin & my iron tablets. What problems does it cause??
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Oh my goodness, I wasn't told this! I take mine in the morning with my multi-vitamin & my iron tablets. What problems does it cause??
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I was told that it reduces the thyroxine's effectiveness/ absorption.
This also means no coffee or tea if you have milk in it. I take it first thing in the morning while I am getting Miss D's bottle, by the time she is finished her bottle I can have my morning cuppa.
If you have to go to hospital for any reason make sure you get the Dr to put in your notes that you have to have thyroxine early before breakfast.
Also make sure your chemist dose not change the brand of thyroxine as you could react differently to another brand.
Take care
Chris
Sarah, thyroxine needs to pass undigested into the small intestine to be absorbed properly, so taking it with water 30-60mins before food allows it to "wash" quickly down into the lower digestive system - if you eat or drink anything but water your body closes the valve at the bottom of the stomach, fills with stomach acid and begins to digest it before letting it pass through. In addition, thyroxine binds with calcium and will no longer absorb properly, so taking it with a multivitamin that has calcium in, or a glass of milk, is even worse.
One of the reasons i don't like taking it is because i have to take it and then wait...
Also ITA on the thyroxine brands if you're on a generic. I'm worrying right now because i have to switch generics because of my new doctor (i take a Lloyds generic, and there are no lloyds places near me now) and i don't know how well it's going to work.
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Ok sorry i didnt realise that you were all responding to this thread, thank you all sooo soo much for your replies. Well i do feel a little better not as tired. I did go back to my dr and he said my levels are fine i do feel like they are not now i am due to go and get another test and see, but i think that i will need to go up. I still feel tired in the morning but once i get going i am right.
Yes i do wait 40 minutes before i eat every morning and i do not take any other vitamins or anything.
I am finding that my hair is falling out really bad. I normally have really thick hair now its quite thin. is this normal? and will it stop falling out when my meds are right.
I feel the same one morning i forgot to take my tablet and by lunch time i could really tell and so i took it straight away. Its amazing how much your body really needs it hey.
Also i am only seeing my GP should i be seeing a endocrinologist????
Thank you heaps for all your help is so reasuring that others have this too:-)
Nikki
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Hoobley : I am on a generic brand. It is made by Sigma and it is called OROXINE. The best part about these one's is that it isn't made up in a bottle but in foil blister strips. (keeps better)
Hope that I have helped
Take care
Chris
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Love my kids : For me my hair took a while to stop falling out. At the moment it is good (touch wood)
I was under a Prof at the local hospital (I was a bad case when first diagnosed) Then when I stableized I just stayed with the GP. If your tired still ask your GP to test your B12 and Iron leves when you get your next blood test.
I went to the GP today and got everything checked as my thyroid has been playing up since (and during) my pregnancy.
Take care
Chris
Chris thanks for that, unfortunately i'm in the UK and they either don't sell oroxine or they call it something else...? Here the generics vary by pharmacy in general. I'm just crossing my fingers that the next one will help. I might ask the doctor if i could have a non-generic requested but i don't know if the NHS will do that. I've been taking it badly since i moved (not skipping it but taking it too close to food/coffee) and i'm beginning to feel it (sitting here freezing and miserable that after another week on less food and more exercise i have GAINED half a kilo!) so i need to get my act together.
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