Should a different weight-based dosing algorithm for levothyroxine therapy be considered in women versus men given higher incidence of iatrogenic thyrotoxicosis in women?
I do not.
For the majority of my patients, my starting dose is 1.6 mcg/kg, which is in the ATA guidelines (1.6-1.8 mcg/kg has been recommended as the starting dose in many publications). There have been some studies that show using ideal body weight is a better predictor of LT4 dose, and othe...