Use of thyroid hormones in hypothyroid and euthyroid patients: A THESIS questionnaire survey of UK endocrinologists.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Management of hypothyroidism is controversial because of medication cost pressures and scientific uncertainty on how to address treatment dissatisfaction experienced by some patients. The objective was to investigate the experience and preferences of UK endocrinologists in use of thyroid hormones.

Design

Web-based survey.

Patients

UK endocrinologists were invited to participate.

Measurements

Responses to questionnaire.

Results

The response rate was 21% (272/1295). While levothyroxine monotherapy is regarded as the treatment of choice for hypothyroidism, 51% of respondents stated that combined treatment with levothyroxine and liothyronine could be considered for levothyroxine-treated patients whose symptoms persist despite normalisation of serum

SUBMITTER: Younes YR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087612 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature