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I've been taking .75 levothyroxine for many years ,my thyroid was removed , over the last year i've gained 17 pounds lost hair. help?

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Dr. Ward Dean answered

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Need more thyroid: If you have no thyroid, you are being grossly undertreated. I use 240-300 mg of Armour Thyroid in my thyroidectomized patients (equivalent to 400-500 mcg of thyroxine). Find another doctor. Also get Dr. Broda Barnes' book, Hypothyroidism, the Unsuspected Illness.

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Answered 1/28/2015

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A member asked:

I've been taking .75 levothyroxine for many years ,my thyroid was removed , over the last year i've gained 17 pounds lost hair. help?

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Dr. Ward Dean answered

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