Posted by Larry Hoover on June 5, 2006, at 9:10:26
In reply to Re: Thyroid Abnormal Test Results Larry Hoover » Larry Hoover, posted by ed_uk on June 2, 2006, at 16:57:38
> Hi Lar
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> Why do you think doctors are so reluctant to prescribe T3? Almost no one is prescribed T3 in the UK, but millions of people take T4.
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> EdI have no idea. No idea at all. Other than dinosaurs are not extinct, I mean.
A person who is given a chance to give real feedback, how they feel, as part of the doctor's assessment, do much better than those who are prescribed "by the numbers". And those people end up costing us all a heck of a lot of money. It is a false economy to back away from the intensive monitoring required during T3/T4 titration, and instead choose to treat a chronic patient. And that's giving no weight to how the patient feels.
Lar
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