Thyroid Medications Levothyroxine and Food and Vitamin Interactions

Published:  02/08/2017

Tablets should be taken 60 min before a meal; oral liquid and soft gel capsule forms can be ingested with food if that can improve patient adherence with the treatment.

People who take thyroid medication should be advised that calcium supplements and certain foods such as soybean flour, soy, grapefruit juice, espresso, coffee, millet, cottonseed meal, walnuts, and a sudden change to a high-fiber diet may interfere with absorption of levothyroxine from the gastrointestinal tract.

You should separate the administration of levothyroxine and multivitamin with minerals by at least 4 hours.


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