Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To demonstrate the effectiveness and compliance to L-thyroxine in the treatment of hypothyroidism in a weekly dose of seven times of normal dose as an alternative to daily dosing in young and middle aged females.Methods: Randomized trial on 40 female patients aged between 25 to 55 years with long standing hypothyroidism of 5 years or more, currently on daily dose of L-thyroxine, were assigned weekly dose of seven ...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of low frequency pulsed electro magnetic field (LF-PEMF) in the management of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) symptoms.Methods: A comparative observational study of 60 patients, male and female (1:1) aged 60–85 years. Enrolment criteria – known diabetics, HbA1c 7–9 and DPN of 1–5 years. Patients were randomized into 2 treatment groups G1 and G2. The study period was 4 weeks (w) with result...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of low frequency pulsed electro magnetic field (LF-PEMF) in the management of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) symptoms.Methods: A comparative observational study of 60 patients, male and female (1:1) aged 60–85 years. Enrolment criteria – known diabetics, HbA1c 7–9 and DPN of 1–5 years. Patients were randomized into 2 treatment groups G1 and G2. The study period was 4 weeks (w) with result...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and compliance to L-thyroxine in the treatment of Hypothyroidism in a weekly dose of 7 times of normal dose as an alternative to daily dosing in young and middle aged adults.Methods: A randomized prospective observational study on 180 patients (female:male) ratio of 5:1 aged between 18 and 55 years with an established diagnosis of Hypothyroidism were assigned a weekly dose of seven times of normal dose. The patien...