90 patient evaluations for Levothyroxine

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Jul 8, 2009 (Started Mar 15, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: if i dont take everything goes out of wack
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 14, 2009 (Started May 03, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mcg (0.1 mg) Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 8, 2009 (Started May 03, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mcg (0.1 mg) Daily
Advice & Tips: works well
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 14, 2009 (Started Oct 13, 1975)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mcg (0.15 mg) Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 12, 2009 (Started Dec 17, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 75 mcg (0.075 mg) Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 27, 2009 (Started Apr 10, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 75 mcg (0.075 mg) Daily
Advice & Tips: It's improved my energy level, and that's improved my mood.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: heart palpitations
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 4, 2009 (Started Oct 08, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mcg (0.1 mg) Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 29, 2009 (Started Aug 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mcg (0.1 mg) Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 2, 2008 (Started Aug 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mcg (0.1 mg) Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 31, 2009 (Started May 01, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for hypothyroidism)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for growth on thyroid -post hypothyroidism, post cancer)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 250 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: have hypothyrodism and a growth that just continues to grow each sonagram!
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 18, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 1988)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (tremor in hands)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mcg (0.1 mg) Daily
Advice & Tips: I used to be so, so cold, and this was in Southern California. I'm fine now and I live in Michigan. Even worse, I experienced debilitating fatigue. And I had a new baby. It was a very terrible experience. When I began taking Synthroid, these symptoms vanished. I still get fatigued, but I do not attribute it to hypothyroidism
Side effects: tremor in hands

Nov 23, 2009 (Started Jan 01, 1988)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for hypothyroidism)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mcg (0.1 mg) Daily
Advice & Tips: I used to be VERY fatigued all the time and cold most of the time. It was a terrible experience, especially since I had little children at the time. Synthroid changed all of that.
Side effects: tremor in hands
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 1, 2009 (Started Sep 04, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.025 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Not necessary to take it.
  • 0 helpful marks
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