Thread: Levothyroxine, a painkilling hormone?
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Old 10-17-2011, 02:27 PM
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Kitty,

I'm sorry - I don't know anything about that particular one. My thyroid tests have all been normal, so I've had no reason to look into it.

On doing a quick google of levothyroxine, I find that one possible side effect can be chest pain, and another warning of a drug interaction with amitriptyline (there may be others as well).

A few weeks back, I did find something (more) on Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) being useful with Intractable Pain in the Health News forum:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AAPM/25549

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