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- Title
Zu viel Thyroxin?
- Authors
Egidi, Günther
- Abstract
The study examines the prescription of L-Thyroxine in three US university hospitals. Out of the 977 participants, 307 prescriptions (31.4%) were classified as appropriate, 12.0% as uncertain, and 54.1% as not evidence-based. The study shows that more than half of the examined prescriptions for L-Thyroxine were inappropriate. In Germany, L-Thyroxine is prescribed annually with a value of 1.8089 billion euros. It is recommended to carefully consider and take into account various factors when prescribing L-Thyroxine. A gradual reduction of the L-Thyroxine dosage should be considered.
- Subjects
GERMANY; UNIVERSITY hospitals; MEDICAL prescriptions; EURO
- Publication
ZFA: Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin, 2024, Vol 100, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0937-6801
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s44266-023-00156-7