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My tsh was 4.10 high, so my gyn suggested levothyroxine 0.025mg, after one month it is 0.666, is it normal, can i stop taking the tablets?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

No: Thyroid replacement is for maintenance, not cure. You'll need to have this monitored indefinitely unless your hypothyroidism was due to a specific limited illness such as dequervain's granulomatous thyroiditis.

Answered 2/7/2014

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A member asked:

My tsh was 4.10 high, so my gyn suggested levothyroxine 0.025mg, after one month it is 0.666, is it normal, can i stop taking the tablets?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

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