Levothyroxine: interactions with other medicines

All interactions

Food and drink with this medicine

What
When you take it, with food and drinks
Why
Food, tea, coffee, calcium and iron can stop it being absorbed well.
What to do
  • Take it with water on an empty stomach, 30–60 minutes before breakfast, tea or coffee, at the same time every day.
  • Keep calcium, iron and indigestion remedies 4 hours apart.

Ask your pharmacist about timing and food with this medicine.

Before changing or stopping any medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Never stop your medicine on your own.