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What is Thyroid Hormone?

Thyroid hormone supplements or supplies the thyroid hormone normally produced by the body. It is used to treat the symptoms of hypothyroidism (a condition where the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone), which include lack of energy, depression, constipation, cramps, aches & pains.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hypothyroidism 10 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 4 0
General health 2 0
Low T4 1 0
Increase effect of another treatment 1 0
Fatigue 1 0

See all 27 patients currently taking Thyroid Hormone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Thyroid Hormone. See all 22 dosages ►

  1 mg daily 1 other daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 65 mg daily 72.5 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily 130 mg daily 150 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Thyroid Hormone

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Thyroid Hormone

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Thyroid Hormone

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Thyroid Hormone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

Report created on February 10, 2012.