Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(9):474-475. J.V. Hennessey is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. Disclosure: The ...

Your proper dose of thyroid drugs may change over time. If you develop new or worsening symptoms, see your healthcare provider—even if you're not due for a visit. The amount of levothyroxine in ...

The following parameters were measured before and at 6 and 12 months of levothyroxine treatment with an average dose of 1.5 to 1.7 μg/kg/day: thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine ...

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, children with CH were treated with a levothyroxine (L-T4) dose of 5–10 μg/kg/d and with an age at onset of treatment later than 14 d. Intellectual outcome of ...

In that case, you need to take more Synthroid than before your pregnancy. If needed during your pregnancy, your doctor can increase your dosage of Synthroid. It’s not known whether Synthroid is ...

restart at lower dose. Myxedema coma: use IV levothyroxine. Adults: Monitor TSH 6–8 weeks after dose change then every 6–12 months when stable. Peds: Monitor TSH and total or free-T4 at 2 and ...