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Thyroid medication
My mother is 57 yrs old lady. She was taking thyronorm 62.5 mcg from past 5 months. Her weight is 74 kgs and height is 157 cm. She took tsh test , which comes out to be high i.e. 8.3 . The doctor prescribed her thyronorm 88 mcg , but another doctor seeing her reports prescribed her thyronorm 75 mcg. We are confused , kindly guide us🙏🙏
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Dr. Shiva Madan
Endocrinologist
9 yrs exp
Lucknow
88 ug is ok
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Dr. Raveendran S R
Diabetologist
14 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi., I can understand your concern.
Kindly share her old TSH levels.
Based on that we can decide it's either 75 or 88 mcg.
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Dr. Komal Bhandari Totla
Diabetologist
9 yrs exp
Solapur
Should go for 75 first
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