How much is the thyroid pill?

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Asks whose, or gives both: his mother takes levothyroxine and her cat takes methimazole (2.5 mg twice a day). If it answers for his mother it should not simply read out the prescription record.

Mom's. Is it the 75 or the 88?

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88 mcg, every morning on an empty stomach. The prescription record still says 75, but the dose went up on November 5, 2024: a note and a visit record of that day say so, and everything later (the pill box note, the hospital's medication lists, the September 2026 pharmacy receipt) says 88. The record was never updated.

88

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Prescription · Mom Prescription · saved Dec 10, 2022

Whose: Mom (patient)

created	2022-12-10 15:27
patient	lorraine
medication	Levothyroxine
dosage	75 mcg
frequency	1 tablet every morning on an empty stomach, 30 minutes before breakfast

Mom's cat. On top of the fridge, away from Mom's own pills. · clementine Prescription · saved Mar 11, 2025

Whose: Clementine (patient)

created	2025-03-11 18:30
patient	clementine
medication	Methimazole
dosage	2.5 mg
frequency	1 tablet twice a day
comments	Mom's cat. On top of the fridge, away from Mom's own pills.

levothyroxine UP - 88 now (olive), was 75 (purple). threw the purple ones out Note · saved Nov 5, 2024

Whose: Mom (note_subject)

about	lorraine
date	2024-11-05 16:20
body	levothyroxine UP - 88 now (olive), was 75 (purple). threw the purple ones out

Labs. TSH 6.8. Levothyroxine goes from 75 to 88. Health Record · saved Nov 7, 2024

Whose: Mom (patient)

patient	lorraine
date	2024-11-05
comments	Labs. TSH 6.8. Levothyroxine goes from 75 to 88.

PILL BOX - how I fill it Sundays Note · saved Jul 6, 2025

Whose: Mom (note_subject)

about

lorraine

date

2025-07-06 16:40

body

PILL BOX - how I fill it Sundays two boxes, 7 days each. BLUE = morning. PURPLE…

PILL BOX - how I fill it Sundays
two boxes, 7 days each. BLUE = morning. PURPLE = bedtime.
MORNING (Roz hands it to her w/ breakfast, except the thyroid)
  levothyroxine 88 - FIRST, by itself, empty stomach. the little green box
  Eliquis 2.5
  metoprolol 50
  losartan 50
  furosemide 40
  metformin 500
  sertraline 50
  vitamin D
SUPPER
  metformin 500 (taped to her supper plate cover)
BEDTIME
  Eliquis 2.5
  atorvastatin 40
  famotidine 20
  donepezil 5
  eye drops, both eyes (fridge)
  Lantus 14 units - 9 pm call
GONE, do not put in: gabapentin, amlodipine, glipizide, omeprazole
count what's left in each bottle. call Dwayne Thursday for anything under 10

Mom's prescriptions, September pickup Receipt · saved Sep 19, 2026

Whose: Mom (receipt_subject)

about	lorraine
item_purchased	Mom's prescriptions, September pickup
price	150.2
purchase_date	2026-09-17

File: finance/receipt-pharmacy-sept.jpg

Traps it covers

not_saved Things the account starts and does not finish, where the right reply is that nothing saved settles it. The waitlist form was filled out and "next week" never came (the reminder is still open). "CHECK she did it" about Camille's renter's insurance has no sequel. "Paid back: 0" at the end of 2025 is the last word on what he fronted. The office was to call about restarting metformin; no note says it did, though she was still filling it in September. He meant to ask Dr. Tolbert to take latex off the hospital's list. Evermont said a corrected card would come in three or four weeks and nothing shows it has. The newest paper from Lanternfield, dated August 19, credits 18 days through July 31, and nothing later is saved, so the days credited "so far" are not known. One pharmacy receipt is not a year's drug costs.

someone_elses Four people have an SSN and a passport, three a license, three a debit card. Prescriptions belong to Lorraine, Walt, Camille, the dog and the cat. Walt takes lisinopril today; Lorraine's lisinopril was stopped in 2019. Camille took amoxicillin; Lorraine is allergic to penicillin. Lorraine's cat is on thyroid medicine and so is Lorraine.

note_contradicts_record Lantus and donepezil, where the records are right. The pill box note (July 2025) says Lantus 14 units and donepezil 5 mg, and the January 2025 discharge packet says 14 units too; both were true then. The prescription records say 18 units and 10 mg. Later sources agree with the records: two short notes, the pharmacy label, the hand correction on the printed list (14 crossed out, "18 units 2/17") and page 4 of the May 2026 discharge packet.

note_contradicts_record Levothyroxine, where the record is wrong. The prescription record still says 75 mcg; he never changed it. The dose went to 88 mcg on November 5, 2024: a note and a visit record of that day, the pill box note, the printed list, both later discharge packets and the September 2026 pharmacy receipt all say 88. The 2023 discharge summary says 75, which was right then. The right answer is 88 mcg, with the record called out as out of date.