Title: Thyroid Medications and Weight Loss
Headings: Thyroid Medications and Weight Loss
Thyroid Medications and Weight Loss
Aiding Absorption
Finding the Right Dose
When One Drug Isn't Enough
Rethinking Medications
A Word From Verywell

Content: If your TSH is at the higher end of the reference range, talk to your doctor about increasing your dosage of thyroid medication. If you're hypothyroid and need to lose weight, talk to your doctor to make sure you're on the right dose of the right drug and are taking it at the right time. With some fine-tuning of your treatment, your weight-loss efforts should begin to pay off. When One Drug Isn't Enough
Levothyroxine drugs like Synthroid are synthetic forms of the thyroid hormone thyroxine, also known as T4. When everything works perfectly, your body should convert the T4 into the second key thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine, known as T3. T3 is the active hormone that helps facilitate energy and helps oxygen reach your cells. Research shows, however, that in a subset of thyroid patients, this conversion process is faulty. Whether due to genetic changes, stress, or nutritional deficiencies, these patients fail to effectively convert enough T4 into T3. 3 ﻿
If you fall into this category, you may find that even after being treated with levothyroxine, you may have hypothyroidism symptoms, such as fatigue, hair loss, or brain fog. 4 ﻿ If this is the case, you might benefit from the addition of T3 to your levothyroxine .