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Can stopping hyperthyroidism medicine cause weight gain?
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Not normally: Hyperthyroidism usually causes weight loss, treating it would cause weight gain.Therefor stopping treatment for hyper thyroidism would likley cause weight loss not gain.
Answered 3/31/2015
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