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medication and pregnancy?

just wondering if anyone knows off a safe medication for graves disease or overactive thyroid to take during pregnancy? im 4 months pregnant and the graves symptoms are getting alot worse

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i am seeing my gp once a month and am waiting for an appoinment to see an endocrinoligist. im not trying to medicate myself i just wanted to know if anyone knows of a safe medication that i might be able to mention to my gp

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    I have hypothyroid and I am able to continue with my Synthroid. I'd call your OB and your GP and see if they can both come to an agreement on what you can take. You don't want to mess with any thyroid disorder. If you can't take anything...worse case senario would be to have the thyroid taken out and then go on synthroid.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    My friend treated the disease by using natural ways through a e book which provide healthy diet and suitable exercise so you can refer to here for more information: http://treatment-hypothyroidism.keysolve.net/

    Treatment for underactive thyroid involving a combination of levothyroxine and a hormone called triiodothyronine (T3) is not usually recommended because studies have found no evidence that this is more effective. There are also concerns that taking both these hormone-replacement medications may increase your risk of serious side effects such as an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) and weak bones (osteoporosis).

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits low on the front of the neck. Your thyroid lies below your Adam’s apple, along the front of the windpipe. The thyroid has two side lobes, connected by a bridge (isthmus) in the middle. When the thyroid is its normal size, you’re unlikely to be able to feel it.

    All types of hyperthyroidism are due to overproduction of thyroid hormones, but the condition can develop in several ways.

    Thyroid hormone production can be suppressed or halted completely in these ways: https://tr.im/gLIxf

  • 1 decade ago

    I hate to tell you this but my sister had hashimotos and graves disease she is due with her daughter any day now and the cure for the thyroid storms that started to occur from early in the pregnancy was to remove the thyroid completely since there was no safe medication to take.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    I recently found a good online resource about hypothyroidism. I wanted to know more about treatment options and how to stop hypothyroidism at the source and I bumped into this program called hypothyroidismrevolution. I found it very useful. Check it out here http://hypothyroidism.toptips.org/

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    go and see your gp i have one i am 2 mo0nths and i haver tio takl 1 a day but the problem is it changes hormones

  • 1 decade ago

    During pregnancy, medicine should only be prescribed by doctor.dun anyhow take medicine,some medicine can harm the baby

    Source(s): Pregnancy
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