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Reviewer: Clairetta, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I am taking Levothyroxine, which is the generic of Synthroid. Before starting this medicine, I would feel like I was going to cry for no good reason. I put on weight for the first time in my life. That has not been a good thing for me. Also, any little thing irriated me-I would get angry over nothing. Since starting treatment, which is for two weeks now, I no longer go into depressive states, h
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Reviewer: Al, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Caused hands and feet to burn and the skin to pell like a sunburn.
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Reviewer: Nickey, 19-24 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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Been on it since I was 7 now 20! Hair loss, very week teeth and bones, but works fine
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Reviewer: tricia9752, 55-64 on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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levothyroxine has been wonderful for me .. i have ms and was having awful spasticity which kept me from sleeping, it would wake me up numerous times ... when i started taking levothyroxine the spasticity went away!
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Reviewer: meowsway, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I would like to know if anyone else is experiencing extreme intolerance to cold and a total loss of appetite while taking Synthroid. I have been on that and liothyronine for about a year, both low doses. I believe these are both side effects of the med's. Anyone else have this? and do you have any tips?
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