What adjustment was made to thyroid management?

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Multiple Choice

What adjustment was made to thyroid management?

Explanation:
Thyroid management is guided by thyroid hormone replacement dosing and the goal of achieving a normal TSH level. When someone with hypothyroidism isn’t adequately treated, the adjustment is to initiate thyroid hormone replacement or to increase the dose of levothyroxine (Synthroid) and then recheck TSH after a few weeks. This is the change that directly targets thyroid function. Increasing metformin, starting hydrocodone, or continuing the current regimen do not affect thyroid hormone levels or thyroid management, so they don’t address the underlying need to normalize thyroid function.

Thyroid management is guided by thyroid hormone replacement dosing and the goal of achieving a normal TSH level. When someone with hypothyroidism isn’t adequately treated, the adjustment is to initiate thyroid hormone replacement or to increase the dose of levothyroxine (Synthroid) and then recheck TSH after a few weeks. This is the change that directly targets thyroid function.

Increasing metformin, starting hydrocodone, or continuing the current regimen do not affect thyroid hormone levels or thyroid management, so they don’t address the underlying need to normalize thyroid function.

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