How to take Levothyroxine and when...

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Do people find it better to take Levothyroxine in the morning or at night?

30 minutes before eating or one hour?

I have found a difference since waiting ONE hour before eating and making sure

it is a full half pint of water I take the tablet with. I must admit I did not

think it THAT important as to the amount of water as it is not my favourite

drink first thing in the morning but after googling it I think it really is

important.

A friend of mine has hypothyroidism and ME. I have just asked her how/when she

takes her 125mg of Levo... and she takes it in the morning with a couple of

mouthfuls of water ten minutes before eating. Would this make a big difference?

Would blood tests still appear in the normal range even though the medication is

perhaps not getting absorbed properly? Therefore her GP would assume all was

well but perhaps the medication not hitting the spot! Just wondering if the ME

is really a very very underactive thyroid from not take the tablets properly!