Re: what are the side effects of synthroid?

[Guest guest]

$inthroid is the med that is marketed to docs by pharmaceutical industry.

Many of us like Armour thyroid better which is dessicated pig thyroid gland.

It's an old med.

$inthroid is a T4 only drug (storage hormone). Armour has T4, T3, T2, T1,

T0, T7 and calcitonen.

http://www.armourthyroid.com

Gracia

I am on synthroid and have been reading about others who have had a

hard time with it. what problems have people had while taking

synthroid??

i thought it didnt have side effects because it's hormone, not a

medication. is that not right? ive been on it for 2 weeks and am just

wondering what i should/should not be experiencing.

[Guest guest]

I was on synthroid for over 20 yrs. The whole time I was on it, I

never felt good. I had the weigh gain, puffy face and whole body

actually, depression, tired all the time. My hair also thinned out but

came back when I started Armour and then thinned out again. Now that

I have slightly increase the Armour I am not loosing so much.

Everyone is different. It may work for you. Another problem for me

was the fact that synthroid has 2.9 mg of sulfites per pill in the .05

0 and .075. That may have been my problem with it the whole time.

Good luck to you. Hope this helps.

Venizia

-- In hypothyroidism , " flipflop0129 "

<flipflop0129@...> wrote:

>

> I am on synthroid and have been reading about others who have had a

> hard time with it. what problems have people had while taking

> synthroid??

>

> i thought it didnt have side effects because it's hormone, not a

> medication. is that not right? ive been on it for 2 weeks and am just

> wondering what i should/should not be experiencing.

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sure that if you start to have any adverse symptoms you will notice them.

I suggest you write down anything that is different, anything.

Roni

flipflop0129 <flipflop0129@...> wrote:

I am on synthroid and have been reading about others who have had a

hard time with it. what problems have people had while taking

synthroid??

i thought it didnt have side effects because it's hormone, not a

medication. is that not right? ive been on it for 2 weeks and am just

wondering what i should/should not be experiencing.

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[Guest guest]

flipflop0129 wrote:

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> I am on synthroid and have been reading about others who have had a

> hard time with it. what problems have people had while taking

> synthroid??...

From what I have seen, by far the most common problem is that some

people simply don't get a large enough dose. For example, their doctors

get the TSH below 5.0 and stop increasing the dose. Someone posted

recently that their doctor stopped at a TSH around 6, a form of torture

for most. The victims then perceive their continuing and developing

hypoT symptoms as " side effects " and start looking for alternatives and

blaming the Synthroid.

You should give your treatment several months to stabilize, unless you

develop real side effect issues. Your TSH should end up below about 2.0

for Synthroid; much lower if you take a T3 medication. Hashimoto's

syndrome can cause the need for medication to go up and down several

times before the thyroid stops production completely. Obviously, this

can complicate the titration process and lead to the impression that the

medication is not working, when it is simply chasing a moving target.

Some people are allergic (more accurately, sensitive) to the binders and

fillers. We found out on this list that some of the colorings in

Synthroid contain sulfites, even though it is not listed in the

published contents. Some of the generics have the same potential. If you

were reacting in that way, it would have started almost immediately.

Severity and symptoms will vary with individuals and may be relieved by

something as simple as finding a different color form for the same dose.

Finally, there are some people with medical issues beyond a

non-functioning thyroid gland. The pituitary may be overactive,

albumin/globulin binding may be excessive, the adrenal axis may also be

out of whack, or the peripheral organs may not be converting T4

effectively to T3. These require additional tests to resolve the

problem. Some people even have a paradoxical combination of symptoms of

both hyperT and hypoT at the same time.

Other potential " side effects " are actually symptoms of too high a dose.

These match the symptoms of hyperT (Grave's).

Chuck

[Guest guest]

Side effects straight from the Abbot/Synthroid site.

http://www.rxabbott.com/pdf/Synthroid.pdf

General: fatigue, increased appetite, weight loss, heat intolerance,

fever, excessive sweating;

Central nervous system: headache, hyperactivity, nervousness,

anxiety, irritability, emotional lability, insomnia;

Musculoskeletal: tremors, muscle weakness;

Cardiovascular: palpitations, tachycardia, arrhythmias, increased

pulse and blood pressure, heart failure, angina, myocardial

infarction, cardiac arrest;

Respiratory: dyspnea;

Gastrointestinal: diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and elevations

in liver function tests;

Dermatologic: hair loss, flushing;

Endocrine: decreased bone mineral density;

Reproductive: menstrual irregularities, impaired fertility.

Pseudotumor cerebri and slipped capital femoral epiphysis have been

reported in children receiving levothyroxine therapy.

Overtreatment may result in craniosynostosis in infants and premature

closure of the epiphyses in children with resultant

compromised adult height.

Seizures have been reported rarely with the institution of

levothyroxine therapy.

Inadequate levothyroxine dosage will produce or fail to ameliorate

the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism.

Hypersensitivity reactions to inactive ingredients have occurred in

patients treated with thyroid hormone products. These

include urticaria, pruritus, skin rash, flushing, angioedema, various

GI symptoms (abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and

diarrhea), fever, arthralgia, serum sickness and wheezing.

Hypersensitivity to levothyroxine itself is not known to occur.

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> I am on synthroid and have been reading about others who have had a

> hard time with it. what problems have people had while taking

> synthroid??

>

> i thought it didnt have side effects because it's hormone, not a

> medication. is that not right? ive been on it for 2 weeks and am

just

> wondering what i should/should not be experiencing.

>