Maintenance Requirements of L-Thyroxine in the Treatment of Hypothyroidism
AUTOR(ES)
Kehoe, William A.
RESUMO
By analyzing data from 68 hypothyroid patients ranging in age from 15 to 75 years who had been maintained in a euthyroid state for at least a year with oral levothyroxine sodium therapy, we attempted to determine whether there was a correlation between L-thyroxine dose and body weight or patient age. The mean replacement dose of L-thyroxine was 186 μg a day ±69.6 or 2.76 μg per kg of body weight a day ±0.82. There was a significant correlation between L-thyroxine dose and body weight (P<.001), but due to the small number of patients studied who were older than 65 years of age, no correlation was noted between L-thyroxine dose and age.
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