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Levothyroxine and stomach problems

stevebo
stevebo
I have been on this drug for a few months and recently my stomach seems to be bothering me. I go to sleep and get up take the med 75mcg and then eat breakfast about hour later and most of the stomach upset occurs during afternoon hours. Does anyone else have problems with their stomach and there drug.
Fern-RL
Fern-RL
How is your stomach upset being manifest? Are you nauseous? Have diarrhea?

Did you build up gradually to the 75 mcg, or is that your starting dose?

How many lab reports have you had, and what were the results of those?

Being hyperthyroid can cause diarrhea and increase in appetite.

Being hypothyroid can cause loss of appetite and water retention with accompanying weight gain. It might even cause heart failure, especially if too much fluid accumulates in the chest cavity, and nausea with too much accumulating in the abdominal cavity.
stevebo
stevebo
i am not nauseous and don't have diarrhea. I had right lobe removed it has a cancerous nodule. i was put on 50mcg first and about month later tested and moved to 75mcg which i have been on for about 32 days. I am going to florida for 2 months and next appt is april 8th and will have lab report done before then. Had at least two lab reports after the surgery. i am hypo and did gain a few pounds i am 6'1 about 205.
StillListing
StillListing
I can't relate to your original post, because I never experienced that result.

I can only comment on your new post. Wow, you had surgery and half of your thyroid removed, but yet your labs and appointment are not until April?

I recall that you recently started the 75mg. I think you should have a lab test after 6 wks of starting the 75mg.

You don't have to have a doctor visit, but in my experience waiting to long to get things right, just takes longer to get things right!

Eggs and fish sometimes bother my stomach. I researched it a bit and found, oddly, that they have a common enzyme. When my TSH is high,I don't tolerate either well and will have gas and runs as a result.

best wishes-
cd3764
cd3764
stevebo

So, if you're not nauseous and don't have the runs.....just what *is* going on with your stomach?

How long do the issues last?

And, how long has this been going on?
cd3764
cd3764
Oh, forgot to mention.

It makes sense to have labs done before you head to Florida. You've been on the current dose long enough to see just what it's accomplished.

If I remember correctly, your FreeT3 level was on the low side. Your next set of labs might show the need for the addition of a small dose of T3.

Why delay things?