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A female asked:
What does it mean when your hyper thyroidism symptoms start to go away while on medication?
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Dr. Barbara Hummelanswered
Family Medicine 35 years experience
Hyperthyroid: Hopefully, it means that the medication is controlling the overactive thyroid. Follow closely with your physician for blood tests to make sure that it doesn't go too far the other direction and you end up with an underactive thyroid.
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