Synthroid and vitamin routine
Hi everyone,
For those of you who take Synthroid, where do you work it into your eating and vitamin schedule? I usually take it at night, before bed (even though it says to take it in the morning). Looking over the Vitalady schedule, I don't really see anywhere for Synthroid to fit in, since I can't take it with iron, calcium, or other supplements. I know this is a common drug, so some of you probably have a nice work around!
Thanks!
Nic
For those of you who take Synthroid, where do you work it into your eating and vitamin schedule? I usually take it at night, before bed (even though it says to take it in the morning). Looking over the Vitalady schedule, I don't really see anywhere for Synthroid to fit in, since I can't take it with iron, calcium, or other supplements. I know this is a common drug, so some of you probably have a nice work around!
Thanks!
Nic
Well, I don't take synthroid but I do take levothyroxine which is a thyroid medication just like yours. I am not post op but.... I do take a ton of vitamins through out the day. I take my thyroid meds at 5:15am and wait an hour before I take anything else. They say a half hour to an hour to let it absorb, but I use the whole hour. I know that is early but its before I eat and before I start my vitamin popping. So at 6:15am I start my vit's through out the day. I keep my pill case on my night stand with my alarm and a full glass of water. Alarm goes off... I take my pill... go back to bed or get up. I hope this helps because when you start your pill regimin your not going to have any time to take a thyroid medication. The morning is the best! Before you take anything get your thyroid meds in right away, then after an hour your safe to pop your pills!
I keep a bottle of water and my rx by my bed and take it first thing in the morning. Or, if I happen to wake up in the middle of the night to pee (very common) I try to remember to take it then. I press snooze a lot in the morning, so I try to take it, then get back to my snoozin'. Then maybe 30-45 minutes later, I roll out of bed to do my routine (coffee, poop, breakfast). This is usually around 6 am.
I start taking vitamins around 9-10 and I take them every 3-4 hours. So, 10, 2, 6, 10.
I start taking vitamins around 9-10 and I take them every 3-4 hours. So, 10, 2, 6, 10.
I take my "morning" batch of vites (iron, Vit. C) when I get up to pee around 3-4am. This works for me since I take the tender iron and that can't be taken within an hour of quite a few things that I may want to have for breakfast. Then, when I wake up around 7:30-8:00 I take my synthroid. Since you can't take any other vites 4 hours on either side of the synthroid, it has usually been 4 hours by that point since I took the "morning" batch, and then it will be another 4 hours before I take the "noon" batch.
Pamela
Pamela