Suggest Treatment For Elevated TSH Levels

Posted on Thu, 19 May 2016

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Question : Hello doctor,
I am patient of hypothyroidism taking thyronorm 75mg since 1.5 years, i got my test repeated and TSH was elevated to 7, while FT3 and FT4 is normal, earlier TSH also used to fine

Answered by Dr. Minal Mohit (16 hours later)

Brief Answer:
you might need to increase the dose.

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX hi!
welcome to HC. i m dr. XXXXXXX here.
As you have reported, you have hypothyroidism, u are on thyronorm 75mcg since 1.5 years, doing good stable dose.
now as TSH has started going up again, the possibilities are-
1. missed doses
2. food tab gap not maintained as desired.
3. weight gained
4. tablets got old , damaged.
if none of these is the case then we need to increase the dose to 100 mcg. Pl talk to your doctor about this change.
regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar