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🧠💊 Stop. Test. Rethink.

A compelling new study in JAMA shows that ~26% of adults ≥60 years can safely discontinue levothyroxine, maintaining normal thyroid function—especially those on low doses (≤50 μg/day).

📉 No meaningful decline in quality of life

📊 Clear dose-response signal

⚠️ Raises concerns about lifelong overtreatment

The message is elegant:

Not every prescription deserves permanence.

Time to reassess, deprescribe, and individualize—particularly in our older patients.

#Thyroid #Endocrinology #Deprescribing #Geriatrics #PrecisionMedicine