Is synthroid a pain killer

Is synthroid a pain killer

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No. Synthroid treats hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone). Synthroid is also used to treat or prevent goiter (enlarged thyroid gland), which can be caused by hormone imbalances, radiation treatment, surgery, or cancer.

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I am a Cancer Survivor going on 4 yrs, I still Suffer from Chronic Fatigue and Body Aches, Any Advice..?

Q: I am 25yrs old, going on 4yrs Cancer Free, but my life isnt at all back to normal. I suffer from fatigue and body aches, days I can not get up out of bed than there are days where I have more energy than others. I am up for some advice on what I could do to help my condition, improve my energy and limit the fatigue I have. I am on Pain Killers, Muscle Relaxer’s, Something for Nerve Pain, anxiety & depression, and synthroid for my Thyroid Disease that was caused by the Radiation & Chemotherapy Treatment I had in 2004. Any advice would be highly appreciated.

A: I, too, am a survivor of thyroid cancer. I spent 12 years in $ynthroid h*ll until I discovered the older thyroid medication: Armour Thyroid. I had no idea that all of my muscle and joint pains were thyroid-related. I had such a sharp pain in my wrist that I made my doc xray it.Ten days after we started adding small amounts of Armour to a reduced dose of $ynthroid, my joint pain was gone. It took a month or so for the muscle cramps to leave. Armour is a prescription medication available at most pharmacies, and cheaper than $ynthroid. It is made from an extract of the thyroid glands of USDA inspected food grade hogs. $ynthroid contains only one thyroid hormone: T4. Armour contains T3, T4 and trace amounts of all naturally occurring thyroid hormones. If straight Armour contains too much T3/not enough T4 for you, one option is to take a combination of Armour plus a little synthetic T4, as I do. The main problem is finding a doc willing to prescribe it. If your endo will not prescribe it, ask your GP or connect with thyroid patient groups which may have doctor lists. If you are in the USA, search Yahoo groups for your state thyroid group and/or Thyroid_Support_Groups-USA.Probably the most comprehensive site for patient-oriented thyroid information is About Thyroid.I would add that herbal cures, alternative diets, and accupuncture are of minimal help when your pain and depression are caused by the lack of necessary thyroid hormones.

Lamictal Headache Question?

Q: I have started Lamictal about two months ago, and titrated it as I should with the help of a psychiatrist. Only now, at 100 mgs, have I gotten a stubborn daily headache. It’s been ten days. I had read that if you do get the infamous Lamictal headache, it goes away after a couple of days, four days at most. I do not want to be taking daily pain-killers, as I am concerned about rebound headaches. Non-prescription pain killers are not working anyway. I am finding that I have to take either narcotics, or migraine medicine (a tryptan), or just Valium to sleep it away. I am truly debilitated the days I resist taking anything. Is this going to go away? Or should I go back to 75 mgs, where I had had a headache for the first three days only, then none for what remained of the two weeks at that dose. Lithium is not an option for me, because I developed a nodule on my thyroid, and Hypothyroidism, and Hashimoto, when on it, and am now taking Synthroid (which should help with headaches!

A: Ah, it’s you again!One option is to be very very careful with the titration. You may need to split the 25mg pills and go up a mere 12.5mg at a time and give it 2 weeks or more of headache free time before you go up further.The standard guidelines provided by the pharm company have not been slow and careful enough by my doctor’s experience, and he is a very well-known guy.If the more careful titration does not work, try going up as high as you can without headaches and see if it keeps your mood stable. If it does than the 100-200mg range just isn’t taking your physiology into account. 75mg or whatever may be fine. This is a similar pattern as with lithium where they say the theraputic range is such and such but a lower amount works fine for some people. Good luck.

Lamictal Headache Q?

Q: I have started Lamictal about two months ago, and titrated it as I should with the help of a psychiatrist. Only now, at 100 mgs, have I gotten a stubborn daily headache. It’s been ten days. I had read that if you do get the infamous Lamictal headache, it goes away after a couple of days, four days at most. Non-prescription pain killers are not working anyway. I am finding that I have to take either narcotics, or migraine medicine (a tryptan), or just Valium to sleep it away. None of this is recommended. I do take Inderal as a migraine prophylactic, and it had been working. Is this going to go away? Or should I go back to 75 mgs, where I had had a headache for the first three days only, then none for what remained of the two weeks at that dose. Lithium is not an option for me, because I developed a nodule on my thyroid, and Hypothyroidism, and Hashimoto, when on it, and am now taking Synthroid.

A: You should go back to 75 mg. I think 100 mg is too much.