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Thank you doctor when can i stop my thyroid medicine many people said that thyroid medicine should take life long is this is true please explain me?
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Thyroid Medicine: Do not stop thyroid medication unless under the direction of a physician. Except rarely it is to be taken life long. We give thyroid medication usually for low thyroid, which usually is due to the thyroid not working after a viral thyroiditis. Rarely does the thyroid heal enough to produce enough hormone on it's own again.
Answered 6/15/2015
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