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A member asked:

My tsh level is 7.2 and my doctor gave me 100mcg thyroxine sodium tablets where as my friend whose tsh level is 11 was given 25mcg only why?

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Hard to say.: Both may be right. One should never compare one's disease to their neighbor's.

Dr Friedlander agreed

Answered 2/19/2013

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