Drug details

Levoxyl (levothyroxine sodium)

type of Thyroid Products

Levoxyl (levothyroxine sodium) Tablets is a replacement for a hormone that is normally produced by your thyroid gland used to treat hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone). Levoxyl is also used to treat or prevent goiter (enlarged thyroid gland), which can be caused by hormone imbalances, radiation treatment, surgery, or cancer. Levoxyl is available in generic form.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• headache,
• sweating,
• sleep problems (insomnia),
• nervousness,
• fever,
• irritability,
• changes in your menstrual periods, or
• hot flashes,
• pounding heartbeats or fluttering in your chest,
• appetite or weight changes.

The following drugs are related to Levoxyl, either as a replacement or used together:

• Armour Thyroid (thyroid tablets)
• Cytomel (liothyronine sodium)
• Eurothyrox (levothyroxine sodium tablets)
• Levolet (levothyroxine sodium tablets)
• Levothroid (levothyroxine sodium)
• Unithroid (levothyroxine sodium)
• Synthroid (levothyroxine sodium)
• Tirosint-Sol (levothyroxine sodium oral solution)
• Thyquidity (levothyroxine sodium oral solution)
• Thyrolar (liotrix)
• Propylthiouracil (propylthiouracil tablet)
• Tepezza (teprotumumab-trbw for injection, for intravenous use)
• WP-Thyroid (thyroid tablets)