Tsh reports are 0.18 and my wife is taking thyrox 50 should she continue with 50 or reduce it to 25. Please suggest.
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Hello, Thanks for the query. When a person is on adequate dosage of Levothyroxine TSH is usually maintained around 3 to 4 mU/L. Normal range is 0.5 to 5.0 mU/L. Present level of 0.18 mU/L is lower than normal lower limit. So there is a need to reduce the dosage of Levothyroxine by 12.5 mcg per day to 37.5 mcg. Then TSH needs to be checked again after 6 weeks to see if above mentioned level is achieved. Thanks.
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Dose of thyroid tablet depends upon 1 age of patient 2 weight of patient 3 symptoms of patient 4 other problem like cardiac illness 5 level of tsh dose may vary from 12.5 to 250 mcg per day. Without having detail information it's difficult to answer your question the treatment is correct but dose whether adequate or excess or less can't be answered with this little information for online consultation.
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