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A 47-year-old female 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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Dr. Dan Fisher answered

Internal Medicine 27 years experience

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

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