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What is Levoxyl?

Levoxyl is a brand name for the drug levothyroxine, a hormone replacement therapy used to treat hypothyroidism (abnormally low thyroid gland function).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) 7 2
Other 3 0
General health 2 1
Treat my mood condition(s) 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 33%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 67%

Most commonly reported side effects

Heart Palpitations
1 33%
Anxiety
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  25 mcg (0.025 mg) daily 100 mcg (0.1 mg) daily 0.125 mg daily 125 mcg (0.125 mg) daily 0.137 mg daily 137 mcg (0.137 mg) daily 150 mcg (0.15 mg) daily 175 mcg (0.175 mg) daily 0.88 mg daily 88 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Levoxyl (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
1 100% Other: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Levoxyl

Currently Taking Levoxyl

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
0
4

Stopped Taking Levoxyl

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 33%
Usually
2 67%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 33%
A little
1 33%
Not at all
1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
3 100%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.