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A member asked:

Doc upped my dose of levothyroxine and my tsh went from 7 to 21, t4 stayed about the same. why is this? it makes no seance

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TSH: I agree, it makes no sense but might be a lab error. Have your thyroid studies repeated.

Answered 4/3/2014

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