Medicine Timing Planner
Plan when to take thyroid medication and iron supplements around meals, tea, coffee, calcium and other tablets so they absorb properly.
About this tool
Medicine Timing Planner
Plan when to take thyroid medication and iron supplements around meals, tea, coffee, calcium and other tablets so they absorb properly.
Pick the medicine, enter your usual meal times and get a daily timing plan. Follow your doctor's advice where it differs. This page brings together 4 separate medicine timing planner pages (Iron, Thyroid, Daily schedule, Refill reminder) so you can compare them without hunting for the right one.
How to use Medicine Timing Planner
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Open Medicine Timing Planner on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
- 2
Choose your medicine at the top: Iron, Thyroid. On a phone it is a drop-down list.
- 3
Fill in the medicine timing planner for that medicine; each of the 4 options keeps its own rules, data and defaults.
- 4
Read the result, then switch medicine to compare. The page link keeps your medicine (?v=iron), so you can bookmark or share it.
Why use Medicine Timing Planner
All 4 in one place
Iron, Thyroid and the rest sit behind one picker, so switching medicine takes a tap instead of a new search.
Built for each option
Every medicine keeps its own rules, numbers and defaults rather than one generic template.
Shareable view
The link remembers the medicine you picked, so a bookmark or a shared link opens straight on it.
Common use cases
- You take iron with your morning tea and want to see how much absorption that habit is costing.
- You take your tablet at 6am but drink coffee at 6:20 — check how much of the dose that is costing you.
Frequently asked questions
Which medicine options does this tool cover?
4: Iron, Thyroid, Daily schedule, Refill reminder. Pick one at the top of the tool; the page link updates (for example ?v=iron) so you can bookmark or share that exact view.
How long after taking iron can I drink tea or coffee?
Leave at least one hour either side, and two hours if you can manage it. Tea polyphenols bind iron in the gut and a cup taken with a meal has been shown to cut non-haem iron absorption by roughly 60%, which is enough to blunt a full dose.
How long after levothyroxine can I eat breakfast?
At least 30 minutes, and 60 minutes gives more consistent absorption. Food roughly halves the fraction of the dose that reaches the blood, which is why the tablet is taken with water on an empty stomach.