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I take thyroxine from 40 days. my tsh was 3.2 at beginning, i want to stop thyroxine, can i slowly decrease and stop ? is it too late to stop ?

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Dr. Philip Kern answered

Thyroxine treatment: If you never needed the thyroxine at the beginning (which would be suggested by a normal tsh) then you can probably just stop the thyroxine. Probably not necessary to taper the dose, although it would not hurt to do so.

Answered 4/22/2014

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A member asked:

I take thyroxine from 40 days. my tsh was 3.2 at beginning, i want to stop thyroxine, can i slowly decrease and stop ? is it too late to stop ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Philip Kern answered

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