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Gopherhead · 09-17-2004, 05:20 PM

Betty this might help: Find the NACB's Guideline 23 from the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry - print them out and take them to your NFP, they discuss ranges for FT4 and they might help convince her. This is an exerpt of the guideline:

The L-T4 dose should be increased (usually by 50 µg/day) to maintain a serum TSH between 0.5 and 2.0 mIU/L and a serum FT4 in the upper third of the normal reference interval.

HTH
Nat

09-17-2004, 05:20 PM	#4
Gopherhead Senior Veteran (female) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,436	Re: I still didn't get what I needed!! Betty this might help: Find the NACB's Guideline 23 from the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry - print them out and take them to your NFP, they discuss ranges for FT4 and they might help convince her. This is an exerpt of the guideline: The L-T4 dose should be increased (usually by 50 µg/day) to maintain a serum TSH between 0.5 and 2.0 mIU/L and a serum FT4 in the upper third of the normal reference interval. HTH Nat __________________ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.