Dr Amir Khan
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9,955 appearances
22 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
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Let me just explain that.
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But your body converts it to the useful form, which is T three.
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So it will say, Oh, I I'll have a bit of that T four, but I can only use it and then it converts it to T three.
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So it uses it as T three.
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Um the the tablet is T four, so thyroxine.
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So you take it and then your body will do with it what it wants.
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So it'll switch it to T three when it needs it.
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So that's that's the the basics of it really.
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Yeah.
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Now, so so what we always do is start on a low dose for everyone because we don't know how they're going to respond to it.
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So 25 to 50 micrograms is the starting dose.
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And then we will repeat their thyroid tests about six weeks later.
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And if we need to adjust the dose, increase it, then we will.
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If their TSH is still high and their thyroid hormones haven't come up to the level we want them to.
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Then we will we will keep adjusting the dose, keep doing the blood test every six weeks until we get the right so where the where the TSH comes down to normal and their thyroid hormones are are normal and their symptoms are better as well.
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That's the key part in all of this.
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It's a it's a it's a balancing act between symptoms, blood tests, and drugs.
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How common is it to have over or underaction?
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To thyroid?
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