Overdose on Synthroid/Levothyroxine...will I lose weight?
That's actually a pretty dangerous idea. Synthroid is basically hormone therapy that helps maintain or block excessive or extra tissue (weight/fat) from latching itself onto your body (you should know this already). Taking more will only interfere with the absorption of your medication and will mess up your hormone chemistry and possibly a few other things (such as organs, make you have terrible side effects, etc.) The only reason a doctor would prescribe more of this type of medication would be because you aren't responding to your current dose (your dose not dissolving quickly enough or not lasting long enough). It wont make you loose weight. This type of dug doesn't burn fat/burn calories/block calories.
What would happen if i over dose thyroxin 50 mg?
I have hypothyrotism and was prescribed 2 pills a day i want to loose weight badly becz people keep tonting me and it hurts i want to know if i take an extra dose how much do i need to take in order to loose vast amounts of weight quick and will over dosing help me loose it?
Overdose on levothyroxine? please help as soon as possible..?
Beta-blockers are part of the standard treatment of toxic levels of thyroid hormone. Too much thyroid hormone makes the heart work extra hard trying to feed (0xygen and nutrients in blood) to the rest of the body which is in a hypermetabolic (calorie burning) state. Too much thyroid stimulation can cause fatal arrymthias, but do not get excited reading this that would only make it worse. You need to see a doctor. levothyroxine (T4 as is it called) is turned into the more active hormone T3, T4 lasts a long time in the body, as a storage form of T3. The half-life of T4 is about a week, but that is just with regular doses, it might be much longer with a massive dose. It takes 4 half life peroids (about a month) for things to get back to what might be normal levels (maybe longer). Fever and other complications might have to be addressed. Strangely, my pharmacology text only talks about treatment of people with high thyroid from their glands, not from people who took a mega dose. Check again for an update. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional...
Can you overdose on Thyroid medication?
Various drugs and treatments used for thyroid conditions, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, goiter, nodules, thyroid cancer, and autoimmune thyroid disease, developed by thyroid patient The antithyroid drugs include : carbimazole, methimazole, and propylthiouracil (PTU). These drugs are used to treat hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland) in order to reduce the excessive thyroid activity before surgery and to treat and maintain patients not having surgery. Lower doses of anti-thyroid drugs may be just as effective but with fewer adverse effects. Both low and high doses of these drugs have the same benefits, but high doses lead to more adverse effects.
What are the side effects of thyroxine?
I have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and take thyroxine ( or levothyroxine ), so I think you will probably be hypo too. One of the symptoms of hypothyroid is weight gain, although I must be an exception to the rule - which probably explains why my doctor was reluctant to diagnose me with this disorder :-) Anyhow, from what I gather from other women who have this problem, when your thyroid levels settle, after treatment for a few weeks/months, you might lose a little of the weight you gained as a result of the problem. Reading the info sheet that comes with my pills, other side effects are : Heart: racing heart, irregular heartbeats, palpitations, anginal pain Central nervous system: headache, restlessness, excitability, difficulty sleeping, flushing(?), sweating, fever, shakiness, heat intolerance Stomach and intestines: diarrhoea, being sick, excessive weight loss Muscle and bone: muscle cramps, muscular weakness Other: partial hair loss during first few months of therapy Saying that, I've been on the tablets for 18 mths and only suffered slight hair loss, which was no biggie considering my neck had swollen like some grotesque bow tie!! Hope this helps ;-)
♥Cocaine and weight loss♥?
Cocaine is supposed to suppress the appetite, and cause weight loss mostly by lowering the intake of food, plus it causes some people to expend more energy (faster heartrate, dancing, being generally a bit hyper) It's not always the case. I used to take loads of cocaine and it did absolutely nothing to my appetite, in fact it sometimes made me more hungry. Ecstacy, however, definitely makes me not want to eat, even til the end of the next day if I take it on a night out. When I used to take it quite a lot my friends would always say I looked a bit thinner. Speed (amphetamines) apparently make people not want to eat, although I've not really had access to any good batches so I couldn't say. Don't do drugs though, they're very bad for you... cocaine is cut with all sorts of crap which damage the nasal membranes more than just cocaine alone, which leads to all sorts of chronic problems - serious chronic congestion, thickened mucuous secretions, bad tastes etc. Ecstacy causes all sorts of mental issues; paranoia, insomnia, messed up dreams & not being able to fall asleep properly... People say "don't do drugs" or "drugs are dangerous" but they rarely ever explain why or how, which is just dumb as people will often think, "Yeah yeah, whatever, of course they're bad" and just carry on doing them.
Can too much vitamins cause weight gain?
No. Multivitamins don't effect weight at all, but as the previous person said, it can cause dangerous overdose. (For example, too much iron can cause iron toxicity and kill you.) Generally the only vitamin anyone should take is a multivitamin. One of them. The other vitamins you could be taking will only function in your body if you get other nutrients from whole foods. If your friend wants to gain weight, I suggest eating more foods that contain healthy fats and protein. Then only do strength workouts. You may also suggest she drink something like Ensure.
Levothyroxine 100 mcg (0.1 mg)?
Hey, currently taking this, I heard it was easy to overdose on this. Just wondering because I was told one of the overdose symptons was actually death.. how many would it require to die from these? And NO i'm not suicidal or anything, i'm just wondering.. cause it kinda seems like a dangerous medication to me.