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Thyroid Shakeup in the United Kingdom: British Guidelines Severely Limit Hypothyroidism Diagnosis and Treatment Options
Wednesday February 18, 2009
Things are getting worse for thyroid patients in the United Kingdom. The British medical establishment -- which already has a reputation for an intolerant and outmoded approach to thyroid disease -- is making it even more difficult to get proper thyroid diagnosis and effective treatment.

The latest setback is the release of guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), stating that "thyroxine is the only treatment that should be given" for hypothyroidism.

The guidelines, which are available online in PDF form, represent an upheaval in thyroid diagnosis and care for UK patients. And they have support from some of the biggest names in thyroid care in the UK, including the Association for Clinical Biochemistry, the Society for Endocrinology, the British Thyroid Association, the British Thyroid Foundation Patient Support Group, and the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.

According to the guidelines, specifically:

Hypothyroid Patients Will Be Limited to Synthetic T4 Only
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