Side effects to thyroid medication?
In October I had a left thyroidectmy (had a very big nodule). I had blood work done and my doctor said I was on the lower side of the OK range and since I had the one side taken out, they want me on the higher end of the OK range. So, last month I started the medication Levothyroxine 50 mcg. For the last month I have not been feeling myself: constantly going to the bath room, nausea, headaches. It's to the point where I hate food/eating. I want to know if something else is wrong with me or if it's side effects from the medication.
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- Synthetic levothyroxine may have adverse side effects like: palpitations, nervousness, headache, difficulty sleeping, insomnia, swelling of the legs and ankles, weight loss and/or increased appetite. Some may be allergic to the medicine. If the patient develops a severe reaction to this drug like difficulty breathing, shortness of breath or swelling of the face and tongue it is imperative that the patient immediately seek medical intervention.
Please see the web pages for more details on Levothyroxine.
- I have recently had blood work and a sonogram and everything looks good.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/levothyroxi...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugi...
- wait till you get fat from the meds, then you'll really be complaining...