Advice please on TSH recheck

[weekitty]

Hi

I just wanted to know when you are getting your TSH rechecked after 4 weeks of being on levothroxine. Do you have to get just the Blood test for TSH only or should you also get FT4 and FT3 rechecked again as well.?

I would be grateful if someone could shed some light on this please. Thank you.

[greygoose]

Ideally, they would all be checked. But, most doctors only test TSH, because they erroneously believe that the TSH tells them all they need to know. Unfortunately, but that's the way it is.

[weekitty in reply to greygoose]

Thanks for your reply.I'm just waiting for the doctors secretary to get back to me regarding this so will see what she says.

[tattybogle]

4 weeks is too soon really .. 6 weeks is the usual time to recheck. TSH may not have had time to get to whatever level it's going to end up at after just 4 weeks.

[weekitty in reply to tattybogle]

Thanks for your reply.I will double check this with the doctor.