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A member asked:

By taking thyroxin 50mg my tsh came down to 0.03 from 0.2 in a month, instead of reducing dose to 25mg, i was told to continu 50mg for month, how it work?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Too much: Thyroid, you should take less.

Answered 11/13/2013

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