New research links common thyroid medication to increased bone loss in adults over 65, raising concerns about long-term use ...

Recent research has highlighted the bone-health risks of taking thyroid medication, prescribed to 23 million Americans.

A popular thyroid medication taken by 23 million Americans may be associated with bone loss, a startling new study finds. Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid — is the ...

Levothyroxine is a frequently prescribed drug in the United States, particularly for older people, as lower thyroid function can be associated with aging. Questions remain over how appropriately ...

Kristen Fischer has written for numerous health publications, hospitals, and medical companies, and is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Levothyroxine, a common medication ...

Patients who have had one half of their thyroid removed will have a 30% chance of needing life-long thyroid hormone ...

Of the study's subjects, 81 took levothyroxine and had normal thyroid hormone levels, and 364 did not take thyroid medication. "Our study did not look at why people had been originally prescribed ...

Obesity and family practice experts share when it’s safe to prescribe GLP-1 receptor agonists to patients with thyroid ...

Prescribed to treat hypothyroidism and thyroid cancer, around 7% of the U.S. population takes levothyroxine. The drug is a synthetic version of a hormone called thyroxine and, according to a ...

CHICAGO – Levothyroxine, the second most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the U.S., may be associated with bone loss, according to ...

New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may be linked to a common problem in old age -- bone loss. Levothyroxine is a synthetic hormone often prescribed ...