A 31-year-old member asked:
if my tsh is high (16.264), should i increase or decrease m medicine dose?
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Increase l-thyroxine: Hi. If you're taking your l-thyroxine compliantly everyday, you need a higher dose.
Answered on Mar 5, 2019
Dr. Diane Minich answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
Increase your dose: If your TSH is high your thyroid level is too low so you need more thyroid (feedback loop.
Answered on Mar 28, 2019
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Dr. Philip Kern answered
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Thyroid meds: If you are on levothyroxine, then you should increase your dose. Talk to your doc about how much to increase.
A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Susan Rhoads answered
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Low thyroid function: If you have a high TSH, it may be that you have hypothyroidism, which is very common & responds well to very cheap medication to correct. Low thy ... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Julie Abbott answered
45 years experience Preventive Medicine
If the units of this: TSH level are the usual ... mIU/L ... then the value you report is a little low and suggests that your thyroid function is overactive. The TSH, thyroi ... Read More
A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Alan Feldman answered
41 years experience Endocrinology
Decrease: A TSH of 0.1 indicates that your thyroid level is slightly too high. This would be unusual when taking just 50 mcg of thyroxine. I would do a repeat ... Read More
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