[Anonymous]

#1076190

After reading your post I did a search on the web and found that the recall (that I could find anyway) was from 2001 and the problem was that synthroid did not have and FDA approval, but in 2002 they officially approved it. Not sure if this is helpfull but I thought I would post what i found anyway. I also looked on the FDA website for product recalls and found nothing about synthroid.

[Anonymous]

#1076191

Thanks Standing,
I also saw that but the most recent was 2002 with Levoxyl not Synthroid.
Kim

[Anonymous]

#1020163

OK, thought I would come to the place that always has answered me straight up (and will state what backs it up) and not with scare tactics. Yes, I asked this same question on that “other site” and yes, it scared the crud out of me that I should switch my Synthroid (name brand as I requested it not be generic) because it was on a recall list. I’ve gone to the government site of recalls and I must not know how to use it because I couldn’t find anything about Synthroid being recalled and how the heck can a pharmacy fill my prescription if its recalled. Bobbi, others, help here. Alot of drugs are recalled but you can’t access them. Maybe at one time it was, but it obviously isn’t now. Or maybe I wasn’t on “their” choice of prescription.
Kim

[Anonymous]

#1076192

I am glad to know that Synthroid is OK because my doctor just switched me from Levoxythrine to Synthroid a couple days ago. He told me that Synthroid was more accurate. My levels have been fluctuating for the past 2 years and I am hoping that the Synthroid will keep my levels more stable. Sincerely, Julese

[Anonymous]

#1076193

Synthroid has been around for a long, long time. It pre-existed the FDA. So, when the FDA was mandated to provide evidence of the safety of drugs in the US market, in 1938 or so, Synthroid, and other drugs on the market at the time , were “grand-fathered” in. In other words, they were not required to prove that they did what they said they would, or that they were safe. For some reason, some people a few years ago took that “grand-fathering” to mean that Synthroid — and the other T4 replacement hormones — were not safe. Not that they have been proven unsafe> No. But because they had not been subjected to the same tests as other drugs on the market, and had not been proven safe and effective, that people should not take them. I truly do not understand the logic of this group. T4 thyroid replacement hormones had been used for a long, long time and kept folks alive and healthy. Nevertheless. What is important is that the manufacturers decided to meet the challenge, and as of October, 2002, all of the brand named thyroid replacement hormones (and, by extention, the generics) had met the criteria for FDA approval. I had thought that would be the end of the argument. Guess not.

I do not know what, specifically, if anything, is going on at the current time, or why you heard about a recall, Kim. It is always conceivable that a specific batch of a product, any product, might be recalled — but I know nothing about this, at this point in time. Rest assured, that your pharmacy would not be filling a prescription from a recalled product. But if you have fears, please call the pharmacist to find out for sure.

Bobbi — NGDF Online Facilitator

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