Select a community
MS
Find out more about the PatientsLikeMe
MS Community
Home > Community Treatment Reports > Levothyroxine Treatment Report

See More Treatments

See all treatments in the PatientsLikeMe system shared by patients just like you.


Levothyroxine Treatment Report

Brand Names: Synthroid, Levoxyl, Levothroid, Thyroxine, L-Thyroxine, Eltroxin, Unithroid
See also: Thyroid Hormone

What is Levothyroxine? Levothyroxine is a synthetic form of the human hormone thyroxine. The drug is used to treat hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), which can lead to weight gain, depression, and pain.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

453 patients in the community are taking or have taken Levothyroxine.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 176 38%
Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) 140 30%
General health 62 13%
Fatigue 3 <1%
Support another treatment 2 <1%
Hyperthyroidism (Overactive thyroid) 2 <1%
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 2 <1%
Low thyroid 2 <1%
cancer remove thyroid 1 <1%
Don't know 1 <1%

Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Prayer.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Levothyroxine.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  daily 0.001 mg daily 25 mcg (0.025 mg) daily 0.025 mcg daily 0.025 mg daily 25 mcg (0.025 mg) daily 1.5 x 25 mcg (0.025 mg) daily 0.05 daily 0.05 mg daily 50 mcg (0.05 mg) daily 0.065 mg daily 0.075 mcg daily 0.075 mg daily 75 mcg (0.075 mg) daily 0.088 mg daily 88 mcg (0.088 mg) daily 0.1 mg daily 100 mcg (0.1 mg) daily 2 x 50 mcg (0.05 mg) daily 0.112 mcg daily 0.112 mg daily 112 mcg (0.112 mg) daily 0.125 mcg daily 0.125 mg daily 125 mcg (0.125 mg) daily 0.137 mg daily 137 mcg (0.137 mg) daily 0.15 mg daily 150 mcg (0.15 mg) daily 0.175 mg daily 175 mcg (0.175 mg) daily 0.2 mg daily 200 mcg (0.2 mg) daily 0.225 mg daily 0.25 mcg daily 0.25 mg daily 2 x 125 mcg (0.125 mg) daily 300 mcg (0.3 mg) daily 0.4 mg daily 2 x 200 mcg (0.2 mg) daily 0.5 mg daily 0.75 mg daily 0.88 mg daily 1 daily 1 mg daily 1.25 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 1.8 mg daily 30 x 75 mcg (0.075 mg) daily 10 mcg daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 13.7 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 daily 50 mcg daily 50 mg daily 62.5 mcg daily 75 mcg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 88 mcg daily 88 mg daily 100 daily 100 mcg daily 100 mg daily 105 mg daily 112 daily 112 mcg daily 112 mg daily 112.5 mg daily 115 mg daily 125 g daily 125 mcg daily 125 mg daily 136 mg daily 137 mg daily 150 mcg daily 150 mg daily 175 mcg daily 175 mg daily 200 mcg daily 200 mg daily 225 mcg daily 250 mg daily 375 mg daily
  28 Number of Patients: 28 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 24 Number of Patients: 24 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 44 Number of Patients: 44 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 36 Number of Patients: 36 3 Number of Patients: 3 18 Number of Patients: 18 6 Number of Patients: 6 32 Number of Patients: 32 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 24 Number of Patients: 24 3 Number of Patients: 3 8 Number of Patients: 8 7 Number of Patients: 7 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Levothyroxine or how long patients were taking Levothyroxine before stopping.

Currently Taking Levothyroxine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
3
7
34
36
146

Stopped Taking Levothyroxine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
1
2
1
5
Why Patients Stopped Taking Levothyroxine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5 42% Other: 42%
Doctor's advice 3 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Did not seem to work 2 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Expense 2 17% Expense: 17%
Course of treatment ended 2 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%
Personal research 1 8% Personal research: 8%
Side effects too severe 1 8% Side effects too severe: 8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 38 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 6
Moderate 42% 5
Slight 8% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 5% 2
Mild 16% 6
None 79% 30

Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, Heart Palpitations, Headaches

Summary results are based on 38 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 38)

  • moogie16
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • moogie16
  • by moogie16
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
It helps regulate my TSH, but during treatment with Tysabri, I have to get the dosage adjusted more often, but in the right direction!

  • francesca
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • francesca
  • by francesca
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Levothyroxine

Report created on November 07, 2009.