TSH is not the best biomarker for thyroid

[Bearo]

Following a link on here I recently signed up to academia.edu to look at a paper on hypothyroidism . Now they are sending me other papers, to my email, which is great.

They just sent this one which is very easy to read and is basically saying TSH is not the most useful bio marker for diagnosis or treatment of hypothyroidism. They have found T4 to be the most useful marker. (They need more evidence on T3)

Redefinition of Successful Treatment of Patients With Hypothyroidism.

Is TSH the Best Biomarker of Euthyroidism?

By Henrik Falhammar

Sorry I don’t know how to make a hyperlink on my iPad!

Redefinition of Successful Treatment of Patients With Hypothyroidism. Is TSH the Best Biomarker of Euthyroidism?

Stephen P. Fitzgeraldcorresponding author 1 , 2 , * , † and Henrik Falhammar 3 , 4 , 5 , †

europepmc.org/article/MED/3...

[ Link to paper added by admin. ]

[Bearo]

Now that I e posted it I can see that human bean posted this two years ago……but I couldn’t see that until I’d already posted.

[tattybogle in reply to Bearo]

link to hb's post about this paper : healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[DippyDame]

I'm not sure why they say they need more evidence of T3...it is the active thyroid hormone and known to be the most important marker followed by FT4.....though this still hasn't penetrated most medics minds!!

[RockyPath]

Thanks for posting this. In another decade there may be clinicians who practice according to this truth. Once there’s more evidence from randomized controlled trials or experiments or whatever they find compelling. 🙄

What would the world do without this group?

[DippyDame]

paulrobinsonthyroid.com/thy...

[Lottyplum]

Is this the link: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articl...

[Bearo in reply to Lottyplum]

Redefinition of Successful Treatment of Patients With Hypothyroidism. Is TSH the Best Biomarker of Euthyroidism?

By Henrik Falhamma

2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology

Publisher: Frontiers Media

Publication date: Jun 16, 2022

Publication name: Frontiers in Endocrinology

[Fluffysheep]

I just cannot understand why medical professionals don't think T3 is an important marker, when it's the active thyroid hormone. It's crazy!