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I had my bloodwork done as part of my annual checkup with my PCP. The results came back, and my Thyroid (TSH) is (High) at 6.360. So, my PCP prescribed a med to try and control it.

Has anyone had a similar circumstance.? New Med is Levothyroxine.

I checked and saw no conflict with the Lupron I'm taking.

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I had hypothyroidism prior to going on ADT so it was no surprise that it got worse while on it. My Dr just upped my dosage. Otherwise, no problems I could detect. It might actually help with weight gain and fatigue because hypothyroidism causes both.

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Thanks 😊

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tango65

Some info about hypothyroidism \

thyroid.org/hypothyroidism/....

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dhccpa

Yes, I take that. I started it before ADT. Dose upped slightly after three years (about a year ago).

I also take Liothyronine.

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SteveTheJ

Yes, shortly after I started ADT my TSH went up and up and up so we added the same med you're taking (brand name Cytomel) and kept increasing the Synthroid dose until things stabilized. I was told that Erleada is "notorious" for doing this albeit no damage to the thyroid resulted.

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There’s no conflict with lupron that I’m aware of in the literature, nor as my own N= 1 anecdote - I’ve been taking it for many years. In recent years, I’ve actually reduced my dose slightly, which, I’m not sure, but this could have even been after starting ADT + zytiga. Regardless, for sure since starting PC treatment, I’ve not needed to increase.

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