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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) 8 0
Other 4 0
General health 3 0
Support another treatment 1 0
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 1 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0

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Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Levoxyl. See all 15 dosages

  daily 25 mcg (0.025 mg) daily 25 mcg (0.025 mg) daily 1.5 x 25 mcg (0.025 mg) daily 50 mcg (0.05 mg) daily 75 mcg (0.075 mg) daily 0.088 mg daily 88 mcg (0.088 mg) daily 112 mcg (0.112 mg) daily 0.125 mg daily 137 mcg (0.137 mg) daily 175 mcg (0.175 mg) daily 2 x 125 mcg (0.125 mg) daily 88 mcg daily 125 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 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
2
0
10

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
0
0
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 23, 2009.