Warning!!!this will cause your docs head to spin ;)

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Go to the below link for the actual page. Once the page opens up

click on the TSH test link in the tall slim window on the left.

Scroll down a little more to section b in that section to read this

paragraph in actual text.

http://www.thyroidmanager.org/FunctionTests/assay-frame.htm

There is a high degree of confidence that the mean TSH value for

truly euthyroid subjects lies in the 1.0-1.5 mIU/L range, and that

the lower 2.5% confidence limit approximates to 0.4 mIU/L. This being

the case, the upper limit of the Gaussian distribution would be

expected to approximate 2.5 mIU/L. However, a higher upper reference

limit is cited for most current TSH assays (3.5 to 4.0 mIU/L) based

on population studies 359

> > >Actually the majority of ATA docs that give T4 only treatment

> > >reccomend keeping patients FT4 levels very high in range or upto

> 20%

> > >over the range.

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> > Hey, , do you have a source for that? I'm collecting ammo

for

> my next appointment.

> >

> > Laurie

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