What Does The Following Thyroid Profile Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 3 Jun 2015

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Question : Hi I went to an endocrinologist 8 months ago and I was advised Thyronorm 50 Mcg. I did my TSH test again last week. The results are: TSH IS 5.84 mcIU/ml. Free T3 IS 2.9 pg/ml and Free T4 is 1.31 ng/dl. Can you please advice if 50mcg of Thyronorm is what I should still take? Thank you

Answered by Dr. Ajish TP (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You need to increase the dose to 75Mcg

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Welcome to HCM. I have gone through the question and understand your concerns.

Once started on thyronorm your TSH has to be between 0.5 and 2.5 miu/ml. Here your TSH is higher. So you need to increase the dose to 75 mcg and recheck after 2 months.

Hope I have answered your questions. If you have any further queries I will be happy to help you

Regards,

Dr Ajish TP [MD,DM]
Consultant Endocrinologist

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