Taking Levoxyl

I was told not to eat or drink for an hour after taking my medication.  The info sheet that came with the drug does say not to eat for 30-60 minutes.  My question is about coffee with NO cream & sugar.  Do I have to wait 30-60 minutes to drink that.  It is what I crave when I wake up.  The food can wait!

[goolarra]

Caffeine is not as bad as fiber in interfering with the absorbtion of hypothyroid meds.  However, it does interfere...real bummer, I know.  Google "levothyroxine + caffeine" if you want more info.

[hope4thegoodstuff]

I have  yet to hear of many people letting anything come between them and their coffee first thing in the morning, if you are a coffee person.  : )  One of the experts may have a different idea, but I think there is a post in here somewhere about that very conversation.  You might do a search and see if you come up with anything.  I thought the biggest issue is calcium and now I have heard fiber may bind with the synthroid and make it either ineffective or less effective.  

[hope4thegoodstuff]

We had to have been typing at the same time.  There were no replies, when I first started typing.  Hello.

[Joanne49]

Thanks for the replies.  I will try the google search you suggest goolarra.  It has been about 2 weeks now and most of the time I am okay waiting for my coffee, but there are days.

I am taking my calcium in the afternoon, and my tricor, prempro, and multi vitamin after supper.

Can I have the coffee after 30 minutes or should I wait the full 60 like I do with the food and my other morning pills.

[goolarra]

Thirty minutes is one thing...an hour, no way!

[nissah46]

It is the temperature of the coffee that can affect the absorption of the synthroid. It is recommended to take it with water.
Trish

[hope4thegoodstuff]

I love my coffee with liberal doses of milk and sugar.  Since I have to lay off the calcium with the synthroid...I have nearly completely given up my coffee.  Yes, life is a sadder existance without it....still looking for a good replacement.  

[nissah46]

I learned to drink my coffee black for the LID, and never went back to having it with milk.