Background Many older persons use the thyroid hormone levothyroxine which is often continued for life. Scientifically, there is much uncertainty whether simple continuation is the optimal approach.

Read the Patient Information Leaflet and Instructions for Use if available from your pharmacist before you start taking levothyroxine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions ...

Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking levothyroxine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

newcastle.ac.uk Seventy-six per cent of patients with SCH allocated to levothyroxine received a dose of 50 μg daily or less, with 12% taking 75 or 100 μg daily, and a further 12% discontinuing ...