In Canada, the “Choosing Wisely Canada” campaign, together with the Canadian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism, wants to declare Free T3 and Free T4 testing “unnecessary” in monitoring thyroid therapy. See the list of thyroid tests Choosing Wisely Canada claims are unnecessary within the field of Endocrinology and Metabolism This harmful policy is also on the CSEM website for all endocrinologists to see, under “Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality Improvement“ As thyroid patients, we say NO. The TSH test is not enough. This is not a wise choice. It is a harmful choice. How dare we disagree with the experts? …
Category: Health care system
Dear Doctors (who treat hypothyroidism)…
Thyroid patients, What would you like to say to Doctors who treat hypothyroidism? Give your “Dear Doctor” statement in comments. We hope this post and its comments will be interesting to doctors who join us! (We’ve got comments on this thread in our Facebook group already). My statement: Dear Doctors of thyroid patients on lifelong therapy, our hormone therapy hasn’t always resolved our hypothyroidism. Many of us still suffer from hypothyroid symptoms, and we are not imagining them. We believe that appropriate testing and adjustments to our therapy can help. The system and its simple-minded flowcharts and rules are constraining …