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ea0022p218 | Clinical case reports and clinical practice | ECE2010

Differences in TSH lowering effect of metformin in hypothyroid and euthyroid type 2 diabetic patients

Dimic Dragan , Golubovic Milena Velojic , Radenkovic Sasa , Stojic Danijela , Antic Slbodan

Objectives: It has been reported that metformin administration lowered TSH levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypothyreosis. The aim of the study was to investigate effect of metformin on TSH levels in type 2 diabetic patients with primary hypothyroidism and also in patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus only.Methods: We included in our study 9 type 2 diabetic patients with primary hypothyroidism on stable l-thyroxine replacement doses a...