{"id":5720,"date":"2020-12-20T07:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T07:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadfanaei.com\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2020-12-20T07:35:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T07:35:10","slug":"how-should-levothyroxine-tablets-be-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadfanaei.com\/en\/how-should-levothyroxine-tablets-be-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"How should levothyroxine tablets be taken?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadfanaei.com\/en\/how-should-levothyroxine-tablets-be-taken\/#How_does_levothyroxine_work\" >How does levothyroxine work?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadfanaei.com\/en\/how-should-levothyroxine-tablets-be-taken\/#Cautions_with_other_medicines\" >Cautions with other medicines<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_levothyroxine_work\"><\/span><strong>How does levothyroxine work?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The thyroid gland in your neck makes a hormone called thyroxine. Thyroxine controls how much energy your body uses (the metabolic rate). It&#8217;s also involved in digestion, how your heart and muscles work, brain development and bone health.<\/p>\n<p>When the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroxine (called hypothyroidism), many of the body&#8217;s functions slow down. Some of the most common symptoms of an underactive thyroid gland are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tiredness<\/li>\n<li>feeling cold<\/li>\n<li>difficulty concentrating<\/li>\n<li>weight gain<\/li>\n<li>feeling depressed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Levothyroxine is a synthetic version of thyroxine. You take levothyroxine tablets to replace the thyroxine that your thyroid gland cannot produce and prevent the symptoms of hypothyroidism. Levothyroxine is a medicine used to treat an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cautions_with_other_medicines\"><\/span><strong>Cautions with other medicines<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It has long been known that many foods and medications \u2013 including calcium supplements, soy, and iron\u2014interfere with the absorption of oral levothyroxine in the body. Changes in the amount of levothyroxine absorbed can lead to changes in thyroid blood tests used to monitor the appropriateness of its dose.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers believe that both the calcium content of the milk and the presence of protein might directly interfere with the proper and full absorption of levothyroxine, complicating the management of hypothyroid.<\/p>\n<p>Calcium-rich foods including cow\u2019s milk, yogurt, cheeses (eg, ricotta, cottage, cheddar, American) and ice cream and frozen yogurt. 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