levothyroxine and proximal muscle problems

fleetwood

I have had an under active thyroid since 1998 on 175mcg per day and I have suffered over 18 months now with pain in my hip with pain that moves around along with fatigue, I have fibromyalgia, not a nice disease.

You should not suffer with pain talk with your doctor ! to see if you can get pain relief and do keep a diary of the symptoms and then he/she may help you better?

Kind Regards

I've been taking thyroxine for 2 years now and have been experienced muscle pain and muscle fatigue which has got worse. Almost a year ago, I came off thyroxine for four months and my muscle pains subsided. I don't know about anyone else but my muscle pain has been brought on since I started thyroxine. When I bring this up with the medical profession they dismiss the whole thing.

thanks for the various replies.

this condition came on about 7 months ago and have been tested for all sorts of Rheumatic conditions including fibromyalgia but all have been negative. I do have a slight raised SED rate but nothing drastic. I have even had an MRI scan on my hip groin area and no signos of inflamation, despite haing increased pain in area. I have emailed my consultant to see to raise the issue of a link between thyroxine and these pains.

jack

Yes my sed rate is raised and is 35, but I have had no explanation to why it is raised? Like Jack says Vitamin D test could be done to eliminate that too. but the pain that you have should be ruled out and so a proper history and physical exam coupled with blood work and/or x-rays may be done to rule out:

* Hormonal imbalance

* Anemia

* Infection

* Muscle disease

* Bone disease

* Nerve disease

* Joint disease

* Cancer

* Rheumatoid arthritis

* Thyroid-stimulating hormone levels should be checked routinely because this condition can mimic many of the symptoms of fibromyalgia

* Polymyalgia rheumatica

Fibromyalgia is very hard to diagnose and as I have had several so called professionals to deal with that didn't listen to me I had over a year of pain and fatigue before I saw a Specialist that new about \"Fibromyalgia\"

Fibromyalgia Tender Points

Upon physical examination, the fibromyalgia patient will be sensitive to pressure in certain areas of the body called tender points. To meet the diagnostic criteria, patients must have:

1. Widespread pain in all four quadrants of their body for a minimum of three months. Pain is considered widespread when all of the following are present:

* Pain in the left side of the body

* Pain in the right side of the body

* Pain above the waist

* Pain below the waist

* Pain in the neck, front of your chest, mid-back, or low back

2. At least 11 of the 18 specified tender points of fibromyalgia (see diagram below). These are areas of pain on touch but without signs of redness, swelling or heat in the surrounding joints or muscles. For a tender point to be considered \"positive\" you must feel pain when someone pushes with their finger with an approximate force of 4kg (roughly the amount of pressure needed to change the colour of the skin). Some health care providers may use an instrument called an algometer during the examination of the patient to ensure that only a 4kg load is being placed.

I hope this helps you?

Kind Regards

Once again many thanks for all your thoughts and advice. FYI I have been tested for many of the symptoms you have listed and the onnly ones so far that have come back are a VIT D defiency (this has been stablised with injections and tablets) and possible polymyalgia - although they sonsultant has yet to determine if this is the case. To help me though I have been given a couple of steriod injections which have helped but do eventually wear off. The pain i get in the muscles, especially in the hip/groin area and upper thigh, is very much like the muscles are already taut and when I go to move they are over streached (hence the pain).

I used to be very active and was training for this years marathon but had to pull out because of this and so I am gettinge very frustrated that nothiong has been properly diagnosed or any appropriate treatment offered.