SYNTHROID Reviews (LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.6 (900 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare SYNTHROID with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR SYNTHROID | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Hypothyroidism | Constant headache, emotional swings(Angry, crying for no reason),anxious,chest pain, throat felt like something was caught in it, insomnia. | I did not do well on this drug.After taking it for a week (50mcg)I was so miserable that I went back to the Dr. He told me to cut it in half which I did. But I still felt the same. It was horrible.i am waiting to see the endocrinologist to try something different. | F | 54 | 10 days | 4/17/2009 | 1 | hypothyroid | digestive problems-weight gain swollen stomach | I have read TONS of others with the same complaints about the side effects suffered by others since on synthroid. I discovered that by adding "thyroid care" from HCBL that the side effects I was suffering cleared up in 2 days. I have been taking the added supplement from Health Care for Better Living for a few months now along side my regular dose of synthroid and teh results are FANTASTIC. The bloating stomach and digestive problems and weight gain have ceased! I highly recommend it to everyone. www.hcbl.com and the product is thyroid helper. Good luck. | F | 44 | 2 years | 4/16/2009 | 1 | hypothyroidism/Hashimoto's Disease | No side effects per se, but it just hasn't improved my symptoms. Still have hair loss, dry skin, brittle nails, menustural irregularities, sparse eyebrows, exhaustion, and lack of mental clarity. Can't lose the weight I gained despite drastically changing my diet, and working out three times a week. | I feel minimally better, but not back to the way I was before Hashimoto's, despite "normal" labs. I wanted to try Armour thyroid, which is a PROVEN treatement and accepted protocol, but neither of the two endocrinologists that I saw would prescibe it. I can't understand why doctors won't prescribe Armour thyroid. Unlike Synthroid, IT WORKS. I am looking for a doctor who will at least TRY the Armour thyroid. By the way, make sure that you are not deficient in vitamin D (aching joints and muscles, and muscle cramps), calcium, and magnesium. All three work together, but you can't take magnesium with vitamin D. Adequate levels of these nutrients will help with some of the symptoms of hypothyroidism. | F | 46 | 2 years | 4/11/2009 | 1 | Hypothyroidism, pituitary tumor | Horrible weight gain despite very restrictive diet and working out at least 2 hours everyday, bloating, tiredness, inability to regulate temperature, menstrual irregularities (despite hypo blood labs), fogginess (I'll completely zone out; feel like a zombie most days), depression, and very bad inability to concentrate | I have had hypothyroidism ever since I was 10 years old. I am now 23 and within the last year and a half, my dosage has ranged anywhere from .05 to .137 (now). Within that time, I have gained nearly 35 pounds despite working out everyday and counting every calorie I eat. My doctor tells me that my labs are in normal ranges despite my symptoms. I was just diagnosed with a pituitary tumor after pressuring my doctor to run more tests. She increased my dosage and within a week, I gained 5 pounds despite no changes in working out and eating. I am completely at my wit's end with this weight gain and am contemplating just stopping the medicine altogether. I asked my endo about Armour and she said she would not prescribe it, that I would have to find a different doctor if I wanted it. Anyone with similar situation that switched to Armour with positive results?? | F | 23 | 13 years | 4/8/2009 | 1 | THYROID DEFICIENCY | WEIGHT GAIN | F | 44 | 4 years | 4/8/2009 | 5 | Thyroid disease | None | This medicine is a first-rate quality product. Its consistency factor (important to those who really do have thyroid disease) is far superior to anything else. That’s why it trumps products made before its time and gets prescribed more than any other. Plus its lack of side-effects and return of stable lab numbers show why it’s the most recommended thyroid medication out there. If you’re newly diagnosed and your doctor has prescribed it – take it (as directed). If you’re already on it – stay on it. (And don’t be fooled by the disturbing internet marketing of second-rate so-called natural products - that involves the bashing of all synthetic medications and that is conducted by those who really should be seeking other types of help...) Stay safe and be well. | F | | 4/5/2009 | 1 | postpartum thyroiditis (I think) | Weight gain, inability to lose weight despite an active lifestyle, depression, anxiety, hair loss, loss of libid | I was dx'd with hypothyroidism in 2005 just six months after my baby was born. The doctor thinks it was postpartum thyroiditis. My dose has steadily gone downward from .175 to .88. Last appt, the provider saw my TSH still remained low, but my T4 was a little low. She wanted to just d/c the medicine, but she sought the advice of someone else who said to up it to .112. Since that happened, I have had the worst diarrhea, stomach cramps, insensitivity to cold. I took it upon myself to follow her first piece of advice and d/c the medicine myself. So far I feel fine. I am noticing my face does not look as puffy. IF I start to feel crappy again, I will go back on it. Or seek an Endo who will prescribe a different med. | F | 34 | 3 years | 4/5/2009 | 1 | Hypothyroid | It didn't take my hypothyroid symptoms away, despite good labs. I had to switch to Armour before I had good labs AND started feeling better. | F | 37 | 1 years | 4/5/2009 | 1 | underperforming thyroid | inability to lose weight despite very restrictive diet. Dry skin, eyebrows disappearing, continuing fatigue, continuing brain fog. | It never did anything to resolve my many hypothyriod symptoms. I felt awful on it and hate it passionately. It does nothing but offer a false hope. Armour thyroid, on the other hand, offers a true hope to thyroid patients. It sure did to me, after years of nasty synthetics! | F | 55 | 25 years | 4/4/2009 | 1 | Low labs | I experienced sleeplessness, and stomach cramps. | At the end of 90 days, I wasn't noticing anything better in my health than when I began. I quit the med and switched over to Armour. On that, I experienced great improvement. I am still on it today and love it! | M | 62 | 90 days | 4/4/2009 | 1 | Thryoid Cancer | High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Fatigue, Dry Skin, Weight Gain, Hair Loss | This medication is horrible for me. I do much better on Armour. My cholesterol is down and BP is down to where I no longer need to take BP medication or cholesterol medication. | F | 58 | 4 years | 4/4/2009 | 1 | Hypothyroidism/Hashimotos | Carpel tunel, tendinitis, arrhythmia, severe constipation, hair fell out, fatigue, brain fog, uncontrollable weight gain, loss of hearing and eye sight, very dry skin, muscle joint aches, etc | What a horrible drug. I took this drug for 20 years because I was told there wasn't anything else for my hypothyroidism. It never worked and eventually made me very ill. I couldn't even walk up our stairs to go to bed. I had to sleep downstairs on the couch. I know it was the Synthroid that caused me so much misery because I switched to Armour Thyroid two years ago and all my symptoms are gone. All of them! | F | 50 | 20 years | 4/4/2009 | 4 | Thryroid removal | After my thyroid was removed I was on 175 mcg of synthroid and felt like a zombie all day long. It was upped to 225 and I feel just fine except that it's extremely hard to get out of bed in the morning and it's hard to focus on tasks. I don't know if it's synthroid related or due to depression (which I'm also taking drugs for). I see in this forum others having trouble with focus and energy, so maybe it's the synthroid. | M | 53 | 8 months | 3/31/2009 | 3 | Thyroidectomy from thyroid cancer | Still having issues with: dry skin, low libido, muscle aches, frequent headaches (nearly everyday), fatigue, low energy and concentration. Not having issues with: weight gain, depression, constipation & chills. | I posted a review on 01/06/09, you can scroll down and look for my review that is also under thyroidectomy/thyroid cancer. At the time, I was taking 137mcg of Synthroid. After 6 weeks, I had routine bloodwork and endo decided to double me up to 175mcg of Synthroid. I felt okay on this, but not 100% there. Had more routine bloodwork and learned that I would need 200mcg of Synthroid, good grief. I have been on that now for 2 weeks. To be honest, I feel just OKAY, still not 100% there! I'm getting really annoyed with this whole process. I hate that us who have no thyroid at all really have to suffer while we get this thing regulated. Sometimes the only thing that I think will truly help me is a gram of cocaine to get me and up and running! I have days where I can't concentrate at all. Sometimes I get in the car and arrive at my destination and don't remember any of the drive, it's scary. I only hope that I a miracle will happen so I can feel like my old self again. | F | 22 | 5 months | 3/30/2009 | 5 | Hypothyroidism | None | The only problems I ever had was when my insurance insisted I switch to the generic form of Synthroid; it didn't work so I went back to the name brand. One of my daughters always kids me about my lack of memory and now I'm wondering if it's due to the Synthroid. | F | 41 | 18 years | 3/28/2009 | 3 | Throid Nodules | None ~ that I know of | TSH levels stabalized, but T4 still elevated | F | 47 | | 3/28/2009 | 3 | congenital hypothyroidism | anxiety, dry skin, extreme trouble concentrating and remembering also leg cramps | My six year old daughter was born without a thyroid gland, she has always taken synthroid. as she got older i noticed she had a horrible memory, and can not concentrate for the life of her. i have recently begun to wonder if it is caused from the synthroid. about 2 months ago, i kept her off her meds for about a week, i noticed in that week, she seemed to blossom and she actually started to catch on to simple things like jokes, she would be able to remember what she walked into the room for, and just an overall improvement on her function. I thought it might be just a coincidence, as i have asked her endo's if they thought her symptoms were possibly from her synthroid and was assured that they weren't. I decided to test her again this week. She has been off her meds 3 days now, and i am almost in tears of joy and disbelief of her newfound confidence and personality and her ability to recal things. I desperately want to see my daughter live a normal life and be happy!! PLEASE PLEASE if anyone has any imput or a similar experience, please let me know what i should do, which meds to swich her to, she can't understand yet how to tell me how she is feeling, so i can't ask her, she just doesn't know how to answer, so all i have to go on is by observation. also i am in the southern salt lake area, if you know of a great ped endo that would be very helpful too. | F | 6 | 6 years | 3/26/2009 | 4 | Hypothyroidism / Hashimoto's | No side effects | I have been taking synthroid for about 6 months now. I just had my bloodwork checked again and my doc tested my antibodies this time. She diagnosed me with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I have heard that soy products can aggrevate the thyroid. I am vegan and regularly consume soy products. Does anyone have any information on this??? | F | 34 | 6 months | 3/17/2009 | 1 | Graves | After radiation this was the standard treatment felt bad from the start. Extreme pain in muscles and joints. After several years tried Armour hard to control but felt better than with synthroid. From 2003 till 2 months ago was thought to have fibromyalgia. Saw a new Dr at the U of Minn. She prescribed Cytomel 30 mg twice a day. I have my life back. I now excercise can think and the change happened within a week form starting this drug. I tryed to tell them for years I was allergic to synthroid but no one would listen. My advice keep looking for help and get off this rotten drug. | F | 50 | 60 days | 3/12/2009 | 1 | hypothyroid | facial flushing, mood swings, tired, feel nailed to the bed when I wakeup, brain fog, difficulty formulating thoughts, feel like something is sticking into my neck, everyday nausea, chills, anxiety, nervousness, eyes feel hot, extreme hair loss,weight gain, impossible to lose weight without extreme diet and exercise, sugar cravings | this should be off the market. i want to be able to try alternative medications but doctors are too scared to prescribe. have them test for free T3 and T4(blood test). I have taken this medication for years. It helps a little with the brain fog but not enough. There has to be something better than this. There is little quality of life on this medication. I used to feel like a human being. I just feel like a slab of flesh now. | F | 43 | 12 years | 3/4/2009 |