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Dog Thyroid Medication Side Effects

by Todd
(Forest hills, NY)

My dog has been given thyro-tabs (0.4) dosage, a pink pill. He weighed 48.5 pds., in 8 weeks he has dropped to 39 pds. He is a BEAGLE, 9 years old.


My problem is that my dog drinks about 40 OZ of water a day & urinates all the time since I started these pills.

My doctor at AMC medical center in New York says she never heard of that side effect from those tablets.

Could u please advise

Vet Comment

Hello,

This would be a very unusual response to an appropriate dose of a thyroid hormone supplement. I am concerned that your dog’s symptoms actually have nothing to do with this medication, but that something else entirely is going on, perhaps kidney disease or diabetes mellitus. Sometimes dogs develop a low thyroid hormone level secondarily to another disease, so maybe you are seeing the effects of the primary problem now.

If your dog were my patient, I would want to see him again for a repeat physical exam, blood work, and a urinalysis. I do not know how his hypothyroidism was initially diagnosed, but if it was based only on a low total thyroid level, additional types of thyroid testing could help determine if this was a primary or secondary problem.

Good luck,

Jennifer Coates, DVM

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May 10, 2024
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Drinking, Peeing, Overheating and over all discomfortt. NEW
by: Anonymous

You bet these are all side effects from Thyroid Meds. My Dog has been a mess from the start on these meds. She first got a bad case of Vestibular Disease (Vertigo) I am taking her off of them NOW... She was better before taking them. My Vet keeps saying these are not side effects of this med also...

Jul 18, 2023
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Drinking/peeing more is indeed a side effect NEW
by: Anonymous

Drinking/peeing more is listed among the side effects. Don’t vets even read????

Mar 04, 2014
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Thirsty dog on thyroid medication. NEW
by: Anonymous

I have a 100 lb lab and she is very thirsty since she started thyroid medication and she is not diabetic. The vet also said that it is not from the meds and I was told to get a "slow down bowl".

Mar 04, 2014
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Thirsty dog on thyroid medication. NEW
by: Anonymous

I have a 100 lb lab and she is very thirsty since she started thyroid medication and she is not diabetic. The vet also said that it is not from the meds and I was told to get a "slow down bowl".

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