When you are prescribed medicine for thyroid problems, are you on it for life?
Or only until the problem goes away?
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You are usually on it for life. You should have regular blood test until your thyroid levels are stable and then that will be the dose you will remain on. As time goes on, sometimes your levels need to be adjusted. If you gain weight then your thyroid needs to work harder so you dose needs to be increased or if you lose weight your dose may need to be decreased. I have been on Synroid for 15 years and my 4 sister’s are on it and my mother is on it so it is also hereditary.
Usually, yes, for life.
Almost everybody taking medication for a thyroid disorder is taking thyroid hormone supplement for a weak thyroid gland (hypothyroidism). There are a few different routes to get there, but once there, it is usually a permanent deficiency that will always need to be supplemented with Levoxyn or Synthroid or levothyroxine. There are rare exceptions, but it’s rare indeed to need thyroid hormone replacement only temporarily, and it’s rare to be taking any other kind of thyroid therapy than thyroid hormone.
So, for practical purposes, you’re asking if once you need thyroid hormone do you always need it, and the answer is yes more than 95% of the time.
Yes, for life. And if you stop taking it you run the very real risk of cardiac arrest. For life…………and don’t forget to take the pills exactly as described.
Most thyroid problems are lifelong, and supplementary hormone needs to be taken lifelong too.