Abbreviations!
I’m new to this site and finding the abbreviations being used (which everyone else seems to understand) quite confusing! Could really do with some simple explanations that explain the abbreviations being used! Just read a dozen comments and was confused.com by the end!!😳
I frequently post links to my vade mecum document which might help.
helvella - Vade Mecum for Thyroid
The term vade mecum means:
1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
2. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.
Please don't get put off by the number of pages!
Nor by the fact it is targeted at people interested in thyroid issues. Much of its contents could be of use to many involved in health issues. Things like abbreviations, lists, general reference information, an Appendix of links to many useful websites.
And do keep up to date. I edit it frequently- sometimes trivially, sometimes extensively. If your copy is more than a few weeks old, please download it again.
In particular, it is not intended that you sit and read the document. Just that you download it and know you can look things up.
If there is anything you'd like me to add, let me know.
Current Topics
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Alerts for Medicine Recalls and Warnings
• Amino Acids
• Anaemia - iron deficiency
• Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes
• Antibodies
• Anti-Thyroid Therapy
• Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (AITD)
• Calculators and Convertors
• Daily Rhythms of Thyroid Hormones
• Deiodinase Enzymes (DIO1, DIO2 and DIO3)
• Desiccated Thyroid and Thyroid Glandulars
• Desiccated Thyroid Ratios
• Dimensions of Capsules
• Donating Blood
• Elements
• Expiry Dates
• Famous People with Thyroid Disease
• Fine Dose Adjustment
• Genetic Polymorphisms
• Gluten-Free Status of Medicines (UK)
• Graves’ Disease
• History of Thyroid Treatment and Medicines
• Hydration: Anhydrous vs. Pentahydrate
• Human Hormones
• Hypodermic Needle Sizes
• Iodine Content of Thyroid Hormones
• Iron
• Levothyroxine Advice
• Medicine Classifications
• Medicine Documents
• NHS Drug Tariffs
• NHS England Integrated Care Boards
• NHS Scotland Health Boards.
• NHS Wales Health Boards
• Pathology Handbooks
• Patient Records Access
• Pharma Contacts
• Pharmacies Online
• Pharmacy Locations
• Prescribing by Brand
• Prescribing Levothyroxine by Brand
• Prescription Charges
• Prescription Latin
• Pretibial myxoedema
• Ranges and Reference Intervals
• Serious Shortage Protocols
• Shortages
• Test Interference by Biotin
• Tests (Summary)
• Tests – LabTestsOnline
• Thyroglobulin (TG)
• Thyroid Binding Proteins
• Thyroid Cancer
• Thyroid Diseases, Disorders and Syndromes
• Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
• Thyroid Hormone(s)
• Thyroid Hormone Medicines
• Thyroid Hormone Ratios
• Thyroid Peroxidase
• Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
• TSH Receptor Antibodies (TRab)
• Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)
• Thyroxine (Levothyroxine, T4)
• Units – Grams, Milligrams and Micrograms
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamins
• X-codes
• Yellow Card Reports
Appendix A: Other Sources of Information
o American Thyroid Association
o Australian Family Physician
o Australian Thyroid Foundation
o B12 Deficiency
o British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons
o British National Formulary (NICE)
o British Thyroid Association
o British Thyroid Foundation
o Care Quality Commission
o Cochrane
o DailyMed (FDA)
o DEGAM, German College of General Practitioners & Family Physicians
o DermNet NZ
o DrugBank Online
o Drugs@FDA
o Elaine Moore
o Electronic Medicines Compendium (EMC)
o Endotext & Thyroid Disease Manager
o Europe PMC
o European Medicines Agency
o European Thyroid Association
o Food and Drug Administration
o Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
o Google Scholar
o GPNotebook
o Haemochromatosis UK
o IBS Hypo
o Imperial Centre for Endocrinology
o Improve Thyroid Treatment (ITT)
o Information Commissioner’s Office
o Interactive Drug Analysis Profiles (iDAP)
o Internet Archive
o Internet Archive Scholar
o Iron Disorders Institute
o JSTOR
o Linus Pauling Institute
o McCance and Widdowson’s Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID)
o Medscape
o Merck: MSD Manuals: Consumer
o Merck: MSD Manuals: Professional
o MHRA: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
o MHRA Products Database
o National Drug Code List (USA)
o National Health Service (NHS)
o NHS Inform
o National Institutes of Health
o National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD)
o NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
o NICE: Thyroid disease: assessment and management
o Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
o OpenPrescribing
o Orange Book
o Orphanet
o Parathyroid.com
o Parathyroid UK
o Patient
o Pernicious Anaemia Society
o Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
o PubMed
o Radiopaedia
o Scottish Medicines Consortium
o Specialist Pharmacy Service
o Statpearls
o The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
o The James Lind Library
o The Pituitary Foundation
o The Thyroid Trust
o Thyroid Eye Disease charitable trust
o Thyroid Federation International
o Thyroid Patients Canada
o Thyroid UK
o Welsh Medicines Information Centre
o Your Hormones
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What abbreviations in particular? Mostly blood results are discussed and might mention FT4 or FT3 which medical terms used for the different types of hormone in our blood.
Think it’s more about the ‘jargon’ within the thyroid community. T4, T3, TSH I’m familiar with as part of my regular annual blood test. All been ok for past 40 yrs (yes 40!) until new gp surgery reduced my Levothyroxine +all hell broke out in my body and suppressed TSH causes mayhem when a GP picks up my blood results. I’m 73 for heavens sake and would like my life back so understanding the messages is vital so I can deal with GPS who don’t seem to understand Hashimotos in particular - and that’s if they actually look at my notes to understand I’m not just suffering under active thyroid (removed 40 yrs ago) but am dealing with autoimmune issues! Last year one GP rang endocrinologist to ask does he go by symptoms or numbers - was told numbers!! I went down a black hole of under medication+all the symptoms that brings! Don’t feel I can trust doctors!
I think you're in good company here in not trusting doctors. Unfortunately by far the majority of doctors go by numbers almost exclusively and disregard symptoms. We all know this is wrong, and there are people working tirelessly in the background to change it but this is where we are sadly.
Perhaps if you don't understand something then reply asking about whatever it was? People are helpful around here. 🙂
yes it does get a bit technical at times.
Thank you. Thank you again!
Can you give a list of abbreviations that are confusing to you so maybe someone can assist?
Dr Anthony Toft speaks out in “Thyroid Hormone Replacement - a counterblast to guidelines”
Speaking to my GP this morning
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