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After taking your thyroid medication, it is best to wait at least 30 minutes before eating food. If you eat immediately after taking your thyroid medication, drink coffee, drink alcohol, or even add Metamusil to your water, this can affect the overall effectiveness of your thyroid medication. Make sure to read all of the directions on your thyroid prescription bottle. Doctors will note to not take antacids, calcium or iron within four hours of taking the medication. Talk with your doctor if you have any questions about what you can/cannot consume after taking your thyroid medication.
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Is thyroid medication effectiveness affected by prescription antibiotic medication?
Your physician will be the best resource for understanding what medications might interact with your thyroid medication. The directions on your thyroid medication bottle will note to not take certain things - like antacids, calcium, or iron - within four hours of taking thyroid medication.
Do thyroid causes you to gain weight and is there any medicine to help you loose the weight?
For those coping with the thyroid conditions hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's thyroiditis, weight gain can be one of many symptoms to monitor. This is because these two conditions cause the thyroid gland to become underactive. When the thyroid becomes underactive, it doesn't produce enough thyroid hormones to stabilize the metabolism and other organs within the body. Taking daily thyroid medication is prescribed to supplement the lack of hormones the thyroid isn't producing.As for other medications that can help you loose the weight, consult your physician. They might recommend assessing your daily activity and diet before seeking other medication options.
When one stops taking medications that cause weight gain will the gained weight go away?
Yes. Within minutes.
Smaller glands in the neck?
The endocrine gland in the neck is the thyroid gland. The parathyroid glands are found within the thyroid gland.
What are the names of the three iodines that are located within the thyroid hormones?
The name of the three iodines that are located within the thyroid hormones is triiodothyronine. When the thyroid receives thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) from the pituitary gland it produces triiodothyronine which is commonly referred to as T3.
What are thyroid vesicles?
Thyroid vesicles are small sac-like structures within the thyroid gland that store thyroid hormones. These vesicles are lined with cells that secrete hormones into the bloodstream when stimulated by the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) from the pituitary gland.
What endocrine gland covers the trachea?
The thyroid gland is located anterior to the trachea. The parathyroid glands are located within the thyroid gland.
Can you take your thyroid med at noon after caffeine is out of system from morning coffee?
Most thyroid patients take their thyroid medication in the morning, and some take it before they go to bed.Prescribed thyroid medication will state on the bottle the proper way to take it. Typically it will say on the bottle to take one tablet in the morning, on an empty stomach, with plenty of water. It is important to take it with water, and on an empty stomach, because it will allow the thyroid medication to be absorbed into the bloodstream. It is best to wait at least 30 minutes before eating food. If you eat immediately after taking your thyroid medication,drink coffee, drink alcohol, or even add Metamusil to your water, this can affect the overall effectiveness of your thyroid medication. Doctors will note to not take antacids, calcium or iron within four hours of taking the medication.If you have any questions about when to take your thyroid medication consult your doctor.
What does multilobular area of uptake within the thyroid bed mean?
Breaking down Multilobular area of uptake within the thyroid bed means the amount of radiation in the many lobes of the thyroid bed. The higher the uptake of tracer the faster the metabolism indicates hot spots for concern.
The receptors for thyroid hormones are found?
within the nucleus of the target cell
Is there a organ or part within human body that does check on cells?
thyroid
Which endocrine gland requires iodine to produce it's hormone?
The thyroid gland requires iodine to produce thyroid hormones, such as thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Iodine is an essential component for the synthesis of thyroid hormones within the thyroid follicular cells.
