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Do you raise your TSH target in a postmenopausal woman on long-term levothyroxine who develops osteoporosis to minimize the bone effects of even mild over-replacement?

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Endocrinology · BMCWorking Well Occupational Health Clinic

I do not adjust the TSH target of the normal range in postmenopausal females with osteoporosis. There are 2 caveats. With aging and menopause, with the decrease in estrogen-stimulated TBG production, many aging females will need a small decrease in Levothyroxine dose to keep the TSH in the normal ra...

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