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 | Initially on 25mcgs, energy improved, swelling in face and ankles and stomach bloating subsided. However have had terrible constipation on increased dose of 50mcgs and energy levels subsided. Sleeplessness and mood swings. Am trying Armour. | F | 41 | 3 months | 12/4/2007 | 1 | Hashimoto's | Severe anxiety, depression, agitation, weight gain, head buzzing, rininging in ears, stuffy head feeling + brain fog | I want to say at the outset that I do think synthroid works for some people, but not for others. I've been on and off this stuff twice now, and it has been nothing short of hell for me. I have been on a small dose for the last 4 months (.25mcg) and it has screwed me up so bad that I don't know if I'm coming or going. That said, I took my final dose over 24 hours ago and already feel like my head is clearing. My doc acknowledged that some people have major problems with synth and that I should give my system a chance to clear out. Sounds crazy to those who live my TSH right? Well how many people are out there walking around with undiagnosed thyroid disorders? I think I'll live. . .and I won't feel like I'm going insane | M | 39 | 4 months | 11/29/2007 | 1 | THYROID CANCER | THE CANCER DIDN'T KILL ME.......SYNTHORID ALMOST DID! | IT ONLY HAS T4 ...YOUR BODY MAY NOT TURN SOME OF THAT INTO THE T3 THAT YOU NEED. I WAS SO SICK, I WAS ON LONG TERM CARE...THIS IS THE WORST MEDICINE ON THE MARKET | F | 58 | 9 months | 11/26/2007 | 5 | levoxyl | waking up in the middle of the night. | I have been on this med. for 1 week and I already feel so much better....energy is a big plus. I was practically lethargic before finding out my t-4 was low. I was on Armour before for 2 months and felt no difference...still tired and ate like crazy. I'm so glad I was put on the levoxyl. | F | 39 | 8 days | 11/23/2007 | 1 | Hypothyroid | Debilitating fatigue, bloating, water retention, miscarriage, menstrual problems, feeling of being overwhelmed when unnecessary, muscle aches, constant pressure in head, head and neck ache, stiff hands, irritability, can't control emotions, no endurance, no libido. I could go on and on. | I have been on and off Synthroid for 6 years. It always seems to help my hypo symptoms initially, then doesn't help so dr increases dosage. When he tops out at highest dosage, tells me I'm depressed and prescribes anitdepressants plus my high dosage of synthroid. I AM NOT DEPRESSED! I AM FRUSTRATED AND EXHAUSTED, BUT NOT DEPRESSED! Finally, after losing most of my beautiful hair and figure, I got fed up and spent hours of online research. I demanded my dr. change me to Armour. He refused. I found a PA to change me and am starting Armour today. I have hope. PEOPLE, GET OFF THIS GARBAGE AND FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL SWITCH YOU TO ARMOUR OR AT LEAST ADD CYTOMEL TO THE SYNTHROID!! I've spent my 30's in a fog and those are years I will never get back. Do your own research because I assure you, your dr does not go home and spend hours researching your symptoms, but you can!! Be your own advocate! | F | 38 | 8 months | 11/20/2007 | 3 | Hypothyriod | I feel extremely full after eating just a little, constipation, I haven't had period since started 4 weeks ago, skin rash, flush face | I like the energy I have with this and the fact I feel full after eating. | F | 28 | 30 days | 11/19/2007 | 2 | clinical hypo | Started taking med only one week ago, TSH 8.3 with normal T3, 4, and 7. Now I have noticed headaches, maybe similar to migraines with an aura of vision problems preceeding headaches. Feel a little "nervous" also. Also feel like I am extremely tired even after sleep, need a nap. Is this normal??? | F | 34 | 7 days | 11/16/2007 | 1 | hypothyriod | This drug nearly killed me ... literally ... muscle weakness, fatique, depression | Stop today if you feel you can't go on and switch to Armour Thyroid ...MAKE YOUR DOCTOR PRESCRIBE IT ... you may have to or switch doctors. Armour thyroid saved my life! | M | 58 | 1 years | 11/15/2007 | 1 | hypothroid | I had no side effects. It just didn't do anything for me. I finally talked my doctor into changing to Armour Thyroid (a natural form)and I couldn't believe the difference in the way I felt. Never again will I go back to Synthroid and if your doctor has you on it -- change to Armour -- you will notice a definite improvement in your energy level and the way you feel. | Doctors are doing their patients a total injustice by prescribing Synthroid. I don't know what the Pharmaceuticals promise doctors or bribe them with but it shouldn't be allowed. | F | 55 | 17 years | 11/9/2007 | 1 | hashimoto thyroiditis | After a short course of synthroid, extreme facial flushing 24 hours a day. Did lose weight very quickly without diet or exercise. | Stopped using it. | F | 45 | | 11/6/2007 | 1 | TSH 8 - 12 | Crippling trigger fingers requiring 3 hand surgeries, horrible muscle & joint pain, complete insomnia, depression, high cholesterol. I would like to sue synthroid's makers for those hand surgeries--the drug definitely caused the synovial damage. | Two days after I stopped taking this drug, I felt as if I was reborn. My TSH went back up though, & Dr. insisted I go back on. I said no, I wanted Armour. Dr. refused, as did the next doc I asked. They didn't care I never had low thyroid symptoms until I was on this drug. I've been a vegetarian for 10 years--wondered if that could account for higher than averaged TSH. For the last year I've been taking an over-the-counter thyroid-glandular pill I get through the mail. (It's just dried, compressed cow thyroid gland--so much for being a vegetarian!) Last week my TSH was 3 and I feel fantastic. I think synthroid is killing a lot of people. | F | 51 | 2 years | 11/5/2007 | 5 | clinical hypothyroid diagnosis | None. I felt MUCH better after only a few days. | I had all the symptoms of hypothyroidism but could not get any doctor to diagnose me for several months. I felt so bad that I spent my days lying around. It wore me out to was dishes. Finally found a doctor online who knew alot about thyroid and did not dismiss thyroid problems because of normal blood work. She knew just by talking with me and examination that I was hypothyroid. I know that GOD led me to her. Don't be satisfied until you get the help you need. | F | 22 | 39 days | 10/28/2007 | 1 | hypothyroid | dry hands, dry brittle hair, incredible fatigue, insomnia, pale skin. | Amazingly I have taken this stuff for years...and despite the side effects I have continued to have, my doctor has never once let on that there was a kosher alternative. For years I have heard how my tsh is normal while on it. BS!!!! I wouldn't feel like this if everything was where it should be. I just found out about Cytomel and Thyrolar today and if my doc wont prescribe it tomorrow I am finding a new doc. Synthroid has robbed me of most of my life, not to mention that over the last year I have gone down hill and she wants to increase my synthroid...which just takes me to a new level of feeling ill? NO WAY. I am so glad to have found this site and learned that there are 2 T3 meds I can try, (Cytomel and Thyrolar). It is disgusting how ignorant doctors can be. What in the world do we pay them for? | F | 38 | 19 years | 10/28/2007 | 3 | Low Thyroid | Is this drug making my teeth yellow? | I was hoping that this would be the solution to a number of life-long problems but experienced no difference. | F | 48 | 5 years | 10/19/2007 | 4 | thyroid | F | 59 | 6 months | 10/16/2007 | 3 | Hashimotos | horrible constipation doctor actually prescribed my IBS medicine for the horrible stomache cramps, muscle cramps in arms & legs, "brain fog" hard time remembering things from minute to minute, headaches come and go, heart palpitations, sleeping 10-12hours, no energy, no concentration, no appetite yet eating more, certain foods make me feel horrible, boobs swell around menstrul | i dont know if it's working for me or not? but these symptoms make me feel nuts to my family.. no one thinks im getting these from my medicine or what i really can do. | F | 19 | 3 months | 10/16/2007 | 2 | Hypothyroid | worsened my symptoms: fatigue, depression, lack of concentration | I have known I've had a thyroid problem since I was 15 (knew the symptoms and everyone on my dad's side has it) but drs were reluctant to diagnose saying 'it fluctuates until mid-20's' (even though the tests always showed my levels were off). Finally after a trip to the emergency room for an unrelated reason they did a battery of tests and found my levels were really off. I took it to the Dr who prescribed a low level of synthroid to start. The first day was great! tons of energy, feeling like a whole new person. Everyday since has been worse. I had been feeling 'unhappy' before but started feeling true depression, fatigue has been getting worse-feeling like a zombie after 9 hrs of sleep! My concentration is all but gone, which for someone who works full time and goes to school is very bad! I'm hoping that it is simply the wrong level and a follow up with the dr will help correct some of these problems. | F | 24 | 7 weeks | 10/15/2007 | 1 | Hashimoto's Disease | Increased appetite and weight gain, feeling better but for short times hence having to increase the dose each time (started at 25mcg to 150 mcg 14 months later)due to returning of hypo symptoms. There were days that i was so ill i had to miss work. | Because this drug was not working for me, as a result of Hashimoto's i developed low B12, i had tested positive for a high rheumatoid arthritis level, and eventually type 2 diabetes.( I had heard that thyroid disease and diabetes are directly connected)I started taking natural dessicated thyroid (Armour) on 11/1/06. It saved my life | F | 45 | 14 months | 10/14/2007 | 5 | | 10/4/2007 | 2 | Hashimoto | Fatigue, weight gain (10 lbs), Poor memory, poor concentration, irritable, chronic muscle pain, bloating | I feel worse than when I initially sought treatment back in January of this year. I am always bloated. I feel like somebody beat me up. I am exhausted. I can't remember anything. I have been taking Synthroid since January. I am seeking alternative treatment. I am so sick and tired of feeling this way. I think that dr's are failing us by not providing accurate information concerning side effects. I read online that one of the side effects of synthroid is fatigue. So why are they prescribing this if we are already exhausted???? | F | 34 | | 10/2/2007 |