RE: Is Synthroid really superior???

[Guest guest]

Oh, , I hope it doesn't give you headaches, too. It took about a week

and a half for the headaches to start for me. Not fun.

Re: Is Synthroid really superior???

> Hi Li and all who have responded to this inquiry so far.

>

> In four days I will be changing from Synthroid to Levoxyl after 36 years

> on Synthroid. I will be having a TSH on September 14th. So, I'll let you

> know how it goes for me. It is my understanding that Levoxyl is a Brand

> Name levothyroxine sodium as Doug has said. One pharmacy tried to tell me

> that it was a generic. I didn't get it filled there. The manufacturer is

> s Pharmaceuticals. Also on the bottle is JP-. St. sburg,

> Fl.

>

> My pharmacist whom I trust, told me that studies were done to determine

> the difference if any, between Levoxyl & Synthroid and the two were found

> to be identical.

>

> I'm just a wee bit nervous in changing, but the price is so much better

> that if Levoxyl works for me, I'll be as happy as a termite in a yo-yo. I

> think we've been paying too much for Synthroid for too many years.

>

> Li, I hope it doesn't give me headaches--I've purchased 100 so I could

> have the original, unopened container.

>

>

> TT 1965

> RAI 1982

> HPTH

>

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[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I am a pharmacist. I personally prefer Synthroid, but that is because I was

taught in pharmacy school that most hormones should be used in " brand form "

because the potency is better. I believe that Synthroid was the best for a

long time, but the FDA has said that Levoxyl and Levothroid are now

equivalent to Synthroid. (The real irony is that Synthroid came along before

the FDA required as stringent testing as they do now, and Synthroid is

actually in the process of getting FDA approval for the first time, while the

others already have it!) The important thing is to get your TSH into

suppression. It would be well to test that after you have been on the

" generic " for 6-8 weeks. The important thing is not to switch brands once

your blood levels are where they ought to be.

Dianne in Atlanta