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- Title
Internet-Enabled Thyroid Hormone Abuse.
- Authors
Neuberg, Gerald W.; Stephenson, Kathryn E.; Sears, David A.; McConnell, Robert J.
- Abstract
The article presents the case of a 56-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with dyspnea and palpitations. It states that a patient-directed Web site called Stop the Thyroid Madness convinced her to take Armour Thyroid in doses high enough to maintain an undetectable thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level. Moreover, it points out that the unregulated Internet health information and self-medication via rogue Internet pharmacies contributed to thyrotoxicosis in this patient.
- Subjects
PATIENTS; DYSPNEA; PALPITATION; SELF medication; WEBSITES; HYPERTHYROIDISM
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2009, Vol 150, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-150-1-200901060-00021