Female, 25, overweight, hypothyroidism?
I have been trying to lose weight and it seems impossible so I went to my dr. who tested and found out I have hypothyroidism and he prescribed Synthroid. What effect will I have from beginning it? Will I lose weight?
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- regardless of the throids or not..change ure eating habits and exercise
- Hypothyroidism causes your metabolism to be slow. Since you are now on medication, Synthroid, you should lose weight. However it will probably be a few weeks for you to start feeling the effects of the medication.
Synthroid doesn't cure hypothyroidism, it treats it. You have to take it for the rest of your life.
- it will speed up your metabolism. When you have thyroid and metabolism issues you should consider a change in diet. one thing that helped me was eating more small meals in a day and drinking a lot of green tea (unsweetened), and water. Being a vegetarian, I seek more foods high in protien instead of replacing protien rich foods with bread. The most important thing to do is always eat at within one hour of waking up. it doesn't matter how late at night you snack, but pay attention to how much you're eating. if you're not going to change your diet, you're not going to lose wieght.
- Synthroid, Levoxyl, Levothroid, Unithroid :
GENERIC NAME: levothyroxine sodium
Levothyroxine is a synthetic (man-made) version of the principle thyroid hormone, thyroxine (T4), that is made and released by the thyroid gland. Thyroid hormone increases the metabolic rate of cells of all tissues in the body. In the fetus and newborn, thyroid hormone is important for the growth and development of all tissues including bones and the brain. In adults, thyroid hormone helps to maintain brain function, food metabolism, and body temperature, among other effects.
Initiation or discontinuation of therapy with levothyroxine in diabetic patients may create a need for an increase or decrease in the required dose of insulin and/or antidiabetic drug, e.g., glyburide (Micronase).
Levothyroxine may increase the effect of blood thinners such as warfarin (Coumadin). Therefore, monitoring of blood clotting is necessary, and a decrease in the dose of warfarin may be necessary.
Intravenous administration of epinephrine to patients with coronary artery disease may lead to complications ranging from difficulty in breathing to a heart attack. These complications may occur more frequently among patients also taking levothyroxine. Therefore, careful observation is needed when intravenous epinephrine is given to patients receiving levothyroxine who also have coronary artery disease.
Converting a state of hypothyroidism (underactivity) to a normal state (euthyroid state) with levothyroxine may decrease the actions of certain beta-blocking drugs, e.g., metoprolol (Lopressor) or propranolol (Inderal). It may be necessary, therefore, to change the dose of beta-blocker. For the same reason, the dose of digoxin (Lanoxin), a drug used to manage heart failure or an irregular heart rhythm (e.g., atrial-fibrillation), also may need to be changed.
Converting hypothyroidism to the euthyroid state with levothyroxine may increase the blood level of theophylline (Slo-Bid), and it may be necessary to change the dose of theophylline.
Taking levothyroxine at the same time as cholestyramine (Questran) or colestipol (Colestid), two cholesterol-lowering drugs, may decrease the effect of levothyroxine and lead to hypothyroidism. This occurs because the levothyroxine binds to the cholesterol-lowering drugs and is not absorbed. Taking the levothyroxine one hour before or four hours after cholestyramine or colestipol is necessary to prevent the binding.
- I too was diagnosed with hypothyroidism.
Once your meds get in your system you will start loosing weight. You may not loose all your weight but what you don't loose will be easier to loose through diet and exercise. It took my meds about 3 months to get in my system. You should see no side effects from the meds. You will notice you wont get the cold chills anymore, and you'll slowly get more energy.
Good Luck sister......Hope you feel better soon.
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The dosage is 15 to 20 drops of the tincture in half a cup of hot water thrice a day half hour before or after meals.
Avoid Chocolates, Coffee, Mints, Red Meat and Carbonated and Alcoholic drinks while taking Homeopathic Medicines. You have to take it for at least 30 to 45 days after that you start to feel the results.
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Take care and God Bless !
- Side effects are minimal. You might lose weight or you might not. All depends on your eating habits & exercise.
- The first effect I found when I started on medication for that condition is I felt better about myself, I had more energy and was more cheerful. After that being more active just followed and I lost weight. I also firmed up since I was active again. (I had been a couch potato for a number of years.) After feeling better and starting lose weight I realized that my hair was growing in looking much better and my nails weren't breaking so easily. It was an all over improvement in my health, energy, mental outlook and physical looks. I'm so glad I live in a time and place where this is possible!
- It didnt help me with my weight.
- I have it and I am 34. You should have no side effects from it but you will begin to "feel better". After at least of taking it for 6 months I began to lose weight. Three yrs later you would have never thought I weighed what I did. It will go fine, and always go for ur tests.
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- Once your thyroid level gets back to normal, you should lose weight. Good luck.