Is it safe to take levothyroxine to lose weight?

I am interested also. When you say ordered pills do you mean got a prescription? If not how so?

I didn't get an answer for this but my tablets arrived and I am on day 2 of 25mg synthetic levothyroxine. I ordered it from America, it came within a week, normally takes 3 weeks. So far not much difference in feeling to be honest.

Hello. I see this is really an old post but by chance you this this response could you tell me what are the supplements mentioned? Thanks

I have to agree strongly. Find a physician and get all your hormones tested. Sometimes stress hormones, like cortisone are increased and you will have a hard time losing weight. Definitely do not use Synthroid without suffering from hypothyroidism. I agree with Dr. Christoffi, you are playing with your life just to loose a few pounds. I am also a practicing physician and I can not understand how patient can even get their hands on prescription drugs. There is a reason why one needs to see a physician prior to therapy.

I wish i could lose weight on my thyroxin tablets i lost a lot of waight then got my thyrodes checked out showed up i was over active then started taking thryroxin now im puting weight on and im not happy about it i have my bloods checked requlaer but I've not herd anything from doctors so they must be happy with my results i don't no what to do about my weight im very active i don't eat 3 meals a day if out i skip meals im a.nibbler do you think i should go back to doctors and mention my weight thanks from Eleanor

I think she meant 50mcg. Easy for lay person to not recognize that.

Thank you, I'm well aware that laypeople don't know "mics" from "migs." And because they don't, they're more likely to make med errors with those meds dosed in mics. This is why I pointed out the gross error. Laypeople need to know know there IS a difference!

When I hit middle age and moved to a colder climate I quickly put on 10 pounds. I am active and eat pretty decent. My doctor won't take me serious when I talk to her about my weight - she just says you are getting older. It is very frustrating and I can understand why someone would turn to something like taking thyroxine as I ended up on this site thinking about trying to the same thing. I am educated woman and I know the eat smaller meals more often etc etc etc but nothing short of cardio non stop seems to help and I cannot keep that kind of regime up long term. I would be happy for your advice nursepen.

I have fibromyalgia I was wondering how you got on disability. I take lyrica now I have been thinking about talking to my doctor about it but I don't know how to go about it.

Why is it everytime I look at websites like this there is a nasty person? Go be happy and stop commenting on people who are actually trying to just get help. Come on. Life that miserable?

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Dude. Take your medicine, if you truly do have hashimotos, that means sooner or later you will die if you don't take your medicine. Hashimotos is when your antibodies attack your thyroid, and mine is almost gone already. Take. Your. Medicine. If you dont, your heart will stop because of lack of appropriate hormones.

Not everyone with Hashimotos needs medication. At some point chances are that your immune system will kill your thyroid. If your TSH and T4 are ok you do not need hormone replacement yet. It is important to get regular bloodwork and ultrasounds done to keep an eye on things.

How do you find out if you have it?

Query On - To find out if you have hypothyroidism, your doctor (usually your primary care doc) will order some lab work. You don't have to fast to have your thyroid checked. The doctor will look at the amount TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) in your blood. If it's higher than normal, and your T3 & T4 levels are low, that means your thyroid gland is hypoactive.

If you do have hypothyroidism, your doctor will prescribe something like levothyroxine, and you'll go back for bloodwork around every six weeks to check your TSH levels, and to see what changes, if any, need to be made to your medication dosage.

Hope this helps!

Yeah, thanks. If people wanted to do things the "old-fashioned" way, we would. But in modern day times, there's easier ways to lose weight. If there is a quick, easy way to lose weight, I'm not going to choose a long and hard way. That's common sense. But what time OP is doing isn't safe.

I found this old post so I don't know if anyone if following it, but have a similar situation. I am taking Synthroid to loose weight but it is being subscribed a closely followed by my PC. He is doing monthly blood work and exam. My normal tsp blood test was 2.2. He would like it at a 1 to loose weight. He has me taking .25 a quarter of a pill once a day, along with colic acid once a week, and phentermine 375 mg daily. I don't know the results or side effects yet. I start in the morning.