Why Isnt Your Thyroid Medication Working

Are you often feeling fatigued, sluggish or weak even though you are on medication for hypothyroidism

? The answer might not be in the amount of medication you are prescribed, but in how the medication is being taken.

Taking your thyroid medication correctly is critically important. Thyroid hormone, when taken orally, helps replenish the body's systems that were impaired by a lack of the hormone. When your medical provider prescribes medication to assist your underactive thyroid, be sure to keep these tips in mind to ensure success with your medication:

Take your thyroid hormone once each day on an empty stomach -- one hour prior to a meal or 4 hours after.

Take your pills around the same time, every day!

Dont take your thyroid pills with any other medications, since thyroid medication is best absorbed alone.

Drink an entire glass of water with your medication, unless specifically directed otherwise.

Brand name vs. generic: Whats the difference?

Keep in mind that it is vital to remain consistent with the medication you are taking if you want proper results. Generic and brand-name thyroid medication work equally as well. However, your insurance or druggist may change the type of generic you are taking frequently and without your notice. This may cause a disruption in the treatment of your hypothyroidism. To ensure a constant and more successful treatment for your hypothyroidism, we recommend a prescription for brand-name hormone.

Brand names for thyroid hormone include:

Synthroid

Levoxyl

Tirosint

Cytomel

Generic examples include:

Levothyroxine

Liothyronine

Liotrix

Are you aware that your thyroid gland is the biggest gland in your neck? It is shaped like a butterfly and wraps around the trachea.

Your thyroid glands only function to make hormones that regulate the bodys metabolism. If your thyroid makes too little hormone, it is known as hypothyroidism. Treatment usually is simple. Thats why its important to be consistent with the form of medication you take.

Symptoms of hypothyroidism (or improper medication) also include unusual sensitivity to cold, constipation, pale dry skin, a puffy face, unexplained weight gain, brittle fingernails and hair, depression and achy muscles.

Risk factors for hypothyroidism include being a woman 50 years or older, having an autoimmune disease, being a close relative to someone with an autoimmune disease, having radiation to your neck or upper chest and having had thyroid surgery.

If you have any questions about your thyroid hormone medication or its instructions, please contact Draelos Metabolic Center at (405) 330-2362.

by: Draelos Metabolic

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