
Can Levothyroxine Be Taken For A Long Duration While Having Hyperthyroidism?

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Hi, welcome to HCM, Thyroid medicine cannot be carried forward continuously
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Hi, welcome to HCM, Thyroid medicine cannot be carried forward continuously without monitoring. Hyperfunction of thyroid causes increase in metabolism, and hypo(less) functioning causes metabolism to slow down. Levothyroxine is given when there is a deficiency in thyroid functioning. The dose can change according to state of thyroid which itself may change. If there is hyper function the dose has to be reduced, and sometimes when the reverse happens, the functions can reduce further, and the dose may have to be increased. If the correct dose is not given her metabolism (how quickly or slowly the body functions) may change and it may harm. Therefore a TSH test should be done 6 monthly or at least once a year. Regards
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