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Post Total Thyroidectomy For Papillary Carcinoma. On Synthroid. Have Excessive Sweating. Normal?

I am one year post total thyroidectomy for papillary carcinoma. I currently take 200mcg of Synthroid. I continue to have excessive sweating to the point where my hair gets soaked and I have sweat running down my legs. Is this normal?
I was unaware that I would be expected to pay more than my insurance copay to get an answer from someone who has never even examined me and has no current labwork to review.
I apologize for wasting your time.
Mon, 7 Oct 2013
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Dear Sir, in case of carcinoma thyroid, Post thyoidectomy, patients are usually put on high dose of thyroxine to keep TSH completely suppressed. This might be causing you some symptoms of thyroxine overdosing. Try to ask your doctor to adjust the dose where symptoms are tolerable.
regarding second part of your query, payment , more than your insurance, I am not aware how much you are supposed to pay, You can kindly ask the HCM team. Regards!
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Post Total Thyroidectomy For Papillary Carcinoma. On Synthroid. Have Excessive Sweating. Normal?

Dear Sir, in case of carcinoma thyroid, Post thyoidectomy, patients are usually put on high dose of thyroxine to keep TSH completely suppressed. This might be causing you some symptoms of thyroxine overdosing. Try to ask your doctor to adjust the dose where symptoms are tolerable. regarding second part of your query, payment , more than your insurance, I am not aware how much you are supposed to pay, You can kindly ask the HCM team. Regards!