The study group included 81 euthyroid levothyroxine users (32 men, 49 women) and 364 non-users (148 men, 216 women), with a median age of 73 and TSH levels of 2.35 at the initial visit.

Levothyroxine is a frequently prescribed drug in the United States, particularly for older people, as lower thyroid function can be associated with aging. Questions remain over how appropriately ...

A popular thyroid medication taken by 23 million Americans may be associated with bone loss, a startling new study finds. Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid — is the ...

10 things you should know about levothyroxine First, the basics: levothyroxine is an oral medication that's taken once daily. It comes in 12 different tablet doses ranging from 25 mcg to 300 mcg ...

BACKGROUND: Prescribing of levothyroxine and rates of thyroid function testing may be sensitive to minor changes in the upper limit of the reference range for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) that ...

MONTREAL — Patients who discontinue levothyroxine for subclinical hypothyroidism may gravitate towards becoming mildly hypothyroid again, but they importantly show no differences in terms of ...

Only 8% of Those Receiving Levothyroxine Had Overt Hypothyroidism For the study, Brito and colleagues analyzed data of adults enrolled in Medicare Advantage who filled levothyroxine prescriptions ...