Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine
Thyroid hormones are among the most prescribed medications to patients worldwide and are commonly used to treat hypothyroidism. Thyroxine is also indicated after total thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease or a multinodular goitre. In this commentary, we discuss and provide guidance for family medicine...
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| author | Ahmar Ahmad Zahir Mughal Akash Jangan Emmanuel Diakos Satvir Minhas Faraz Mughal |
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| description | Thyroid hormones are among the most prescribed medications to patients worldwide and are commonly used to treat hypothyroidism. Thyroxine is also indicated after total thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease or a multinodular goitre. In this commentary, we discuss and provide guidance for family medicine and primary care clinicians on how to navigate thyroid hormone replacement in patients after total thyroidectomy for cancer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-29a71338d201402282421149c598b9272025-02-11T10:48:01ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352025-01-011414710.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_947_24Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicineAhmar AhmadZahir MughalAkash JanganEmmanuel DiakosSatvir MinhasFaraz MughalThyroid hormones are among the most prescribed medications to patients worldwide and are commonly used to treat hypothyroidism. Thyroxine is also indicated after total thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease or a multinodular goitre. In this commentary, we discuss and provide guidance for family medicine and primary care clinicians on how to navigate thyroid hormone replacement in patients after total thyroidectomy for cancer.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_947_24family medicineprimary carethyroidectomythyroxine |
| spellingShingle | Ahmar Ahmad Zahir Mughal Akash Jangan Emmanuel Diakos Satvir Minhas Faraz Mughal Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care family medicine primary care thyroidectomy thyroxine |
| title | Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine |
| title_full | Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine |
| title_fullStr | Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine |
| title_short | Managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy: Guidance for family medicine |
| title_sort | managing thyroid hormone replacement after total thyroidectomy guidance for family medicine |
| topic | family medicine primary care thyroidectomy thyroxine |
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