Synthroid is a good quality brand of levothyroxine. Levothyroxine is the generic name for all synthetic thyroid medications. I take the brand Levoxyl, which is a good one too.
The word synthetic can sound creepy, but don’t let that throw you. A synthetic is a better quality medication for thyroid. The reason is because it’s more consistent, which is what you need when replacing thryoid hormones.
One thing to note: Levothyroxine medications (like Synthroid and Levoxyl) only provide the hormone T4. Your body then converts a percentage of that to the thyroid hormone T3. While there’s a lot of hype that it’s better to take in both T4 and T3 at the same, this is not true. Though sometimes it is necessary, for the most part it’s not. In fact, taking in both when it’s not necessary can actually harm your system by suppressing the bodies ability to do the conversion, ergo, take care of itself.
As for when to take the medication on the days you get a blood test, I was told it doesn’t really matter. Overall, the medication takes a while to get into your system and it takes a while to get out; so the window of time your talking about isn’t going to make much difference.
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Synthroid is a good quality brand of levothyroxine. Levothyroxine is the generic name for all synthetic thyroid medications. I take the brand Levoxyl, which is a good one too.
The word synthetic can sound creepy, but don’t let that throw you. A synthetic is a better quality medication for thyroid. The reason is because it’s more consistent, which is what you need when replacing thryoid hormones.
One thing to note: Levothyroxine medications (like Synthroid and Levoxyl) only provide the hormone T4. Your body then converts a percentage of that to the thyroid hormone T3. While there’s a lot of hype that it’s better to take in both T4 and T3 at the same, this is not true. Though sometimes it is necessary, for the most part it’s not. In fact, taking in both when it’s not necessary can actually harm your system by suppressing the bodies ability to do the conversion, ergo, take care of itself.
As for when to take the medication on the days you get a blood test, I was told it doesn’t really matter. Overall, the medication takes a while to get into your system and it takes a while to get out; so the window of time your talking about isn’t going to make much difference.
Good luck.
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