Testing policy
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MEMES: Against Table 2 in the “Choosing Wisely Canada” T3 & T4 toolkit
The “Choosing Wisely Canada” toolkit promoting limitation of Free T3 and Free T4 testing has been the food for some meme refutations. Choosing Wisely Canada. (n.d.). Toolkit: Less is More with T3 & T4. Retrieved December 30, 2018, from https://choosingwiselycanada.org/perspective/toolkit-t4-t3/ Recently, we’ve focused on their Table 2 which outlines situations they recommend NOT to order…
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Our response to Choosing Wisely’s harmful Table 2
Choosing Wisely Canada, together with the Canadian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism, have collaborated on a harmful toolkit to reduce Free T3 and Free T4 hormone testing in order to save money. As you can see in their Table 2 from page 9 of their toolkit, they want to prevent T3 and T4 testing in…
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VIDEO: What’s wrong with therapy for hypothyroidism?
On December 17, I decided to purchase “Doodly” video creation software that was being advertised on Facebook, and I made this 10-minute educational video. It is meant to raise an appropriate sense of alarm at the problems with thyroid therapy and to offer some possible solutions. Clicking the title image will take you to YouTube to…
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The ATA is worried about doctors prescribing T3/T4 combo therapy
Here, I comment on a brief October 2018 article in a journal of the American Thyroid Association — the association that writes the guidelines that dismisses Free T3 testing and T3/T4 therapy. Link: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ct.2018%3B30.523-525 This article shows the leading endocrinologists are getting worried about doctors not adhering to guidelines. They did a study that showed…
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Muddled logic in a 2016 Choosing Wisely article against T3 testing
Here’s a brief article from October 2016 — yes two years ago — from our nemesis the Choosing Wisely campaign, their American branch. From the Cleveland Clinic. LeGros, K. (2016, October 3). Choosing Wisely®: Thyroid Function Testing. Retrieved November 4, 2018, from https://clevelandcliniclabs.com/2016/10/03/recommendations-from-the-choosing-wisely-initiative-thyroid-function-testing/ I’d just like to point out some muddled logic in this quote…