mgarcia01I was just recently diagnosed with hashi and put on levoxyl. I didnt have hair loss when I started and now I do. I have been on it for almost 3 months. I am debating whether to wait it out for a few months or just switch to armour? Does anybody have any suggestions?
Hashimotos?
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- 3+ months ago by mgarcia01
- Topics:
- armour thyroid, levoxyl, hashimoto's disease
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roboLevoxyl is T4 medication, if you add cytomel T3 or ask for natural desiccated thyroid medication such as Armour or Nature-Throid that will help with the hair loss if given at the correct dose. I would also recommend taking Evening Primrose Oil, at least 2000 mg. per day and 5 mg. of Biotin. Most hypo/hashi patients do have hair loss and many who take T4 only meds can not convert the T4 into T3 which is necessary to keep the antibodies from continuing to attack your thyroid and relieve your symptoms. Your doctor should run free t3 and free t4 tests and expect your tsh levels to go down low when taking T3/T4 medications. Keeping your tsh levels down low will help prevent ongoing hashi attacks.
