I was told no coffee--no anything but water. I do put cream in my coffee, so maybe it's that. Amy (and whoever else said they wern't taking it on an empty stomach), if you swtich to taking it as directed, you may want to be retested after a couple of months since the dosage you needed for it to work when it wasn't on an empty stomach might be too much (and cause hyperthyroid which is also not good) once you take it as directed.

For what it's worth, no one told me about the empty stomach thing either and the first couple of weeks I took it with morning feeding. Then I actually got around to reading the long thing the pharmacist prints out for you. Within a week of following the empty stomach directions, I felt an increse in energy.

I take 75 mcg by the way but I'm being tested every couple of months because my TSH levels are still a little high.

Nelie