Women randomized to the intervention group began levothyroxine treatment between 2 and 4 weeks before the controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and continued through the end of pregnancy. For individuals with a TSH level of 2.5 mIU/L or higher, the starting dose was 50 μg/d; for those with a ...
He was given hormone replacement therapy with levothyroxine and testosterone in addition to continuing steroids resulting in marked improvement. He gave a remote history of the worst headache of his life about twenty years ago. He stayed awake all night but never went to the hospital for an ...
From these results it seems conceivable that strict control of thyroid function status, as guided by a TSH level in the low-normal range, could be advantageous in T2DM patients who require levothyroxine substitution therapy. The relevance of HDL functional properties for cardioprotection has been ...