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My wife diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2012, and then started 50 mcg thyroxine as prescribed by doctor. Then she got present and doctor increased dose to 100 mcg. After child birth dose reduced to 50 mcg. Now in latest report tsh level found to be 8.9. Do we need to increase thyroxine doses again.
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If she is sure about taking the medicines regularly and not having missed her doses, then she will require a slight increase in her dosage. If not, then she could regularise her medicines and repeat the test after around 4 to 6 weeks and then increase the dose if the tsh is still high.
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