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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
Other 6 1
General health 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 100%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
0 0%

Most commonly reported side effects

10-lb weight loss in last year
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  112 mcg (0.112 mg) daily 0.125 mg daily 125 mcg (0.125 mg) daily 150 mcg (0.15 mg) daily 125 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 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
Doctor's advice
1 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Other
1 50% Other: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Levoxyl

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

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
2

Stopped Taking Levoxyl

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
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
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.