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Anyone React To Levothyroxin

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About a week and a half ago my doctor put me back on thyroid medication after looking at all my numbers and not just the "normal" TSH. As I had used thyroid meds for many years in the past I'm excited about having some energy again and hopefully my weight will either stabilize or drop instead of this constant creeping up. My question is has anyone had any problems with this med, the manufacture is Lannett, the pharmacy assures me there is no gluten in this product but I have had migraines almost every day for a week and a half and that is the only new product in my life and migraines are my only "symptom" of being glutened. Thanks everyone.

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Here is a response I recieved from them. Keep in mind this was from March 2010. I took it and had no issues, but now I take mylan.

All Lannett products are gluten free.

-----Original Message-----

Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:35 PM

To: CustomerService

Subject: Website - Info Request

Comments: My mail order pharmacy just recently outsourced to your

company for a prescription I take. I take levothyroxine 112 mcg. I

need to know if this product is produced with gluten containing

ingredients. I have celiac disease and do not want to consume any medication with gluten inadvertantly. Thanks.

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Here is a response I recieved from them. Keep in mind this was from March 2010. I took it and had no issues, but now I take mylan.

Thank you, I will recheck everything else I'm using but as I mentioned before that is the only thing new. If I can't identify anything else I may ask that the pharmacy use another manufacture to fill my prescription to see if that helps. Thanks again

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Thank you, I will recheck everything else I'm using but as I mentioned before that is the only thing new. If I can't identify anything else I may ask that the pharmacy use another manufacture to fill my prescription to see if that helps. Thanks again

What kind of reaction did you have? None of the levothyroxine ingredients contain any kind of foods to which people normally have allergies. Were you given generic levothyroxine? Or were you given Synthroid? Synthroid contains both lactose and acacia, to which many people react.

If you were actually given levothyroxine, could your reaction have been an overdose (hyperthyroid) symptom? I easily get overdose (hyperthyroid) symptoms from Levoxyl (another T4 supplement). I do better with a T3 supplement like Liothyronine.

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What kind of reaction did you have? None of the levothyroxine ingredients contain any kind of foods to which people normally have allergies. Were you given generic levothyroxine? Or were you given Synthroid? Synthroid contains both lactose and acacia, to which many people react.

If you were actually given levothyroxine, could your reaction have been an overdose (hyperthyroid) symptom? I easily get overdose (hyperthyroid) symptoms from Levoxyl (another T4 supplement). I do better with a T3 supplement like Liothyronine.

I was given generic levothyroxine by Lannett. I checked their website and their inactive ingredients, along with lots of color additves are Inactive Ingredients

Colloidal silicon dioxide, lactose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, corn starch, acacia and sodium starch glycolate. I don't have issues with lactose but I don't know what acacia is. I don't have any hyperthyroid symptoms and my T3 number was normal it was the T4 that was low

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Hi,

I've been taking Levoxly 100 from King Pharmaceuticals & it is gluten free the last time I checked -last year. My doctor writes on my prescription "Brand name" so the pharmacy can't give me any generic brands. I'm very sensitive & I've never had any problems with it.

I did take synthyriod for my first three months of being gluten free. I wasn't getting any better on the diet & I know I getting gluten from them for sure. So, my Endo doctor changed me to Levoxly & I finally was able to get better on the gluten free diet.

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Hi,

I've been taking Levoxly 100 from King Pharmaceuticals & it is gluten free the last time I checked -last year. My doctor writes on my prescription "Brand name" so the pharmacy can't give me any generic brands. I'm very sensitive & I've never had any problems with it.

I did take synthyriod for my first three months of being gluten free. I wasn't getting any better on the diet & I know I getting gluten from them for sure. So, my Endo doctor changed me to Levoxly & I finally was able to get better on the gluten free diet.

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Thanks for the info, I am going to speak to the pharmacy again tomorrow to see if they will perhaps try this brand. Hope it helps :)

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