I had thyroid surgery and I am now taking thyroxine-will this be sufficient produce normal levels of both T4 and T3?
This specific question was examined in a small prospective study of 50 patients with measured levels of thyroid hormones before and after thyroid surgery. No difference in the relative levels of T4 or T3 was found in patients taking thyroxine after surgery compared to levels detected in the same patients prior to surgery and thyroxine therapy. Triiodothyronine levels in athyreotic individuals during levothyroxine therapy JAMA. 2008 Feb 20;299(7):769-77.
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