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Some patients on levothyroxine have continued symptoms
by The Endocrine Society
People who take replacement thyroid hormone may have more comorbidities and lower quality of life than those who don't take the hormone, a large population-based study from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands reports. The study results will be presented Tuesday, March 20, at ENDO 2018, the 100th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in Chicago, Ill.
No sh*t Sherlock! 🤸🏿♀️🥛
Have they only just realised. Most of us patients have known this for ages. Question is what are they goner do about it! Answer I fear is nothing just let us suffer.
There is a message above to do the ITT questionnaire. That should put our views across. I've already done it and each question has a range of answers but then, the bit I liked the best, we are asked why we selected that reply so chance to expand on what is wrong with our world or what we think positive . It closes soon, whether we can make a difference-I don't know but if we don't do it we may regret what might happen in the future and I wouldn't care to have that on my conscience, at least I know I've tried!
We shouldn't be surprised. From all I've read on here, it's not all about levels of TSH, T4 and T3, it's about how people feel on the dosage they're on. Many people are either not on the correct dose of Levo or need T3 added to make them feel well. But for some reason doctors worry when patients' THS levels are suppressed. And of course in far too many cases doctors won't or are unable to prescribe T3 medication.
Large Study on under- or over treatment on T4MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Pitfalls on the replacement therapy for primary and central hypothyroidism in adultsADVERSE EVENT REPORTING IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH THYROID HORMONE EXTRACT
Hypothyroid and Continuing Symptoms Another study on T3 given to women with ongoing symptoms
