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Taking Eltroxin. Dry Wrinkled Eyelids With Itching. Due To Medication?

I am taking 100mg eltroxin ,for the past few weeks my eye lids are dry, wrinkled feel papery . Sometimes it feels itchy almost burning sensation . Can this be due to the medication . It gets worse with moisturizure, have also tried fresh cream & olive oil to relieve itching, feels momentarily better but swelling increases! Please help!!
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Not due to eltroxin. Eltroxin is a synthetic version of natural thyroid hormone called as T4. It replaces the deficient thyroid hormone and usually not associated with kind of side effects you have noted.
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Taking Eltroxin. Dry Wrinkled Eyelids With Itching. Due To Medication?

Not due to eltroxin. Eltroxin is a synthetic version of natural thyroid hormone called as T4. It replaces the deficient thyroid hormone and usually not associated with kind of side effects you have noted.