Weight Gain & Synthroid

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Registered: 09-28-2004
Weight Gain & Synthroid
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Tue, 09-28-2004 - 3:04pm
I just started taking Synthroid and have been trying to gather information on effects of this medication. Is weight gain generally a symptom people deal with when on this medication? This is what I am trying to avoid and it is very discouraging to hear that treating hypothyroidism actually leads to weight gain instead of weight stabilization!

Any info or feedback would be much appreciated -

Irma

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Registered: 11-09-2001
Tue, 09-28-2004 - 4:37pm
Hi Irma and welcome! Synthroid does NOT cause weight gain. Being hypothyroid causes weight gain and synthroid actually helps in losing weight once you finally get your situation stabilized. So don't worry about that!! Too much synthroid can cause problems and too little synthroid results in all the familiar hypo symptoms. That's why it's so inportant to have your blood tested every 6 weeks or so in the beginning to make sure you're taking the right dose. I hope this helps. Check out the Diet & Fitness folder below for lots of good info on losing weight!! Cathy :)
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Registered: 09-28-2004
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 3:57pm
Thanks!!