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Comparative Effectiveness of Levothyroxine, Desiccated Thyroid Extract, and Levothyroxine+Liothyronine in Hypothyroidism.....a study

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Comparative Effectiveness of Levothyroxine, Desiccated Thyroid Extract, and Levothyroxine+Liothyronine in Hypothyroidism

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The rationale behind thyroid hormone replacement therapy is to administer thyroid hormone in a way that restores thyroid hormone signaling in all tissues.

There it is in black and white!

When will they stop focussing on TSH which is causing problems for many people

In conclusion, some patients on LT4 therapy remain symptomatic despite normal serum TSH levels. In the present investigation, the number of these patients was not sufficiently large to affect the outcomes of the whole group. However, in the subset analysis, these patients were identified as having the worst performance on QoL questionnaires and cognitive tests. These patients were also the ones that preferred and benefitted from switching to therapy containing T3, either DTE or LT4 + LT3 combination, suggesting that thyroid hormone signaling in a minority of the patients on LT4 remain subnormal and can be improved (perhaps restored) with therapy containing T3.

[Published in: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 106, Issue 11, November 2021 ]

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Indeed!

Highly relevant and important. And posted on a few threads.

It's here at last: a comparison of T4, T4-T3 combination therapy and DTE (NDT) - fuel for using against sceptical doctors/endos

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Comment on earlier Bianco study

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Comparative Effectiveness of Levothyroxine, Desiccated Thyroid Extract, and Levothyroxine+Liothyronine in Hypothyroidism

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Reply to queries on paper by Bianco et al

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DippyDame in reply tohelvella

It popped up on my FB page this morning, posted by Paul Robinson.

Interesting threads

"When will they ever learn...."

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👏 nice to see it written so clearly!!

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DD, I have edited your main post to add the Journal and Publication date (The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 106, Issue 11, November 2021), just to clarify that this is not a new article. 😊

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Good idea...

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