Endocrine Abstracts

Background and objective: Increased prescription of levothyroxine (LT4) has been observed in the USA and countries in Europe and has been related to increased thyroid function screening and a lower treatment threshold, increasing risk for overdiagnosis and overtreatment. We wanted to study the evolution of LT4 prescriptions in Belgium, and compare the use of anti-arrhythmic drugs (AAD) and bone-anti-resorptive drugs (BAD) between LT4-users and non-LT4-users.<p class="abste...