Thyroid Medication Info
When should you take your thyroid medication?
This question is asked by hypothyroid patients a lot. Actually, Researchers have found that the best time of day to take thyroid medication is best taken at night before you go to bed. They found that there were higher levels of thyroid hormone concentrations in the body and lower TSH concentration when certain thyroid medication were taken at night instead of in the morning.
They now believe that eating breakfast and then taking the medication may be interfering with the intestines being able to absorb the medication and that it takes longer for the medication to transit the bowels at night so it stays in your system longer.
There are many types of thyroid medications so you should really ask your doctor for his personal advice on what time of the day is best for YOU to take your medication.
