Title: Has anyone experienced major weight gain after starting Levothyroxine?
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Has anyone experienced major weight gain after starting Levothyroxine?
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jaroslaw666 24 Jul 2011
Suzanne's first comment is right on. Weight gain is not a normal side effect of taking levo and too much of it could cause weight loss, the opposite of what you report. Your doc should get involved. You're more likely than not still HYPOthyroid and may need more levo. Read comments on the second website with extreme caution and recall these are coming from laymen. Some I read are frankly off the wall yet are rated 'helpful' by other uninformed lay persons. I'd rate this site as potentially dangerous and unhelpful unless you have sufficient medical knowledge to allow you to discriminate between useful info and utter nonsense. PT
pttwllr 9 Feb 2015
I've been taking Levothroxine for over a year and taking 100 MG and still gaining weight I watch everything.