Synthroid to Levoxyl switch-opinions please

[kitty9309]

I am switching from Synthroid to Levoxyl because:

A.) I am hoping my big, fat tongue is due to something in the Synthroid and

B.) It is cheaper and I have no Rx insurance.

I saw another thread about a Medication Rant and was curious. I saw at least a couple of people say they like Lexoyxl better.

What about it did you like better?

Is your dose of Levoxyl equivalent to the dose of Synthroid you were taking? I read on another forum that Levoxyl is better absorbed and I wonder if this means a dose adjustment.

[kitty9309]

Thanks. I will be curious to see how be both fare.

The whole regulation thing was really just on paper. It was originally granfathered in and had to resubmit to the FDA for approval. The maunfacturer didn't change anything.

Did your dose of Levoxyl stay the same? (so far)

[pep88]

I just started the Levoxyl today.  It was my "rant" you read.  I'll keep you updated on how it goes, but already today, my hands are feeling better (maybe it's just my imagination?)   They don't feel nearly as puffy and arthritic though.  I think I have a bit of a lactose problem, but I don't eat a lot of dairy except cheese and the little milk I have is steamed in a latte.  So I'm not sure if that little amount from a pill, could give such a severe reaction.  I'm sure I'll have to wait and see about the pain in my hip joint, but already I don't feel quite so bloated.  And I'll see about my feet and ankles tonight...

The history of these meds seems totally convoluted to me.  Synthroid was the only synthetic thyroid med, and was not regulated forever.  It was the last to become "regulated" and the others are "generic"... huh?  I don't have hours to spend on the internet a day researching these things and I'm sure I don't have the entire picture right, but anything with that sketchy of a past causes me to think twice, especially after the reactin I've had...

[kitty9309]

I am not lactose intolerant.

I have no issues with Synthroid except for the fact my my tongue is very fat. (see my photos)
I do not know if the Synthroid is the cause, but I won't know unless I switch.

62.5 Synthroid took my TSH from a high of only 5.96 down to 1.4.  It looks like the same dose of 62.5 of Levoxyl for you has dropped your TSH from 100 to 6!!!

I wonder why the same dose can cause such a hugh drop for one, but not for the other?

My endo has always thought that I would wind up on 75 mcg.

Have you increased your dose again?

[Squirley777]

I switched from the generic to synthroid and I had a lot of problems with it. I now take Levoxyl and am doing alot better on it.  My tsh has dropped from 100 to 6 on 62.5 mcg where it didn't budge much with the synthroid or the generic.  I found that the Levoxyl is better for me.  I wasn't on synthroid long since after the first week it gave me severe muscle pain. I have to also add that my endo only writes perscriptions for synthroid and it was my internist that I had change me to Levoxyl.  Are you lactose intolerant?  Synthroid does have lactose in it.

[Liz94]

I switched from Levoxyl to Synthroid a few months ago for a couple of reasons. I had been on Levoxyl for 14 years because I was hypo. Then after my thyroidectomy my doc put me back on the Levoxyl.  I wasn't having any problems on the Levoxyl but I was having serious dry mouth and my tsh wasn't budging. My doc switched me to see if it made a difference. The dry mouth continued but my tsh finally took a nose dive and got where it was supposed to. I don't feel any different on synthroid than I did on the levoxyl.