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Letters1 January 1991Thyroid Hormones and AsthmaMichael S. Rowe, MDMichael S. Rowe, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-114-1-97_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editors: I found the recent article on the monitoring of therapy in patients taking levothyroxine to have significant practical merit (1). The authors state that a full dose of levothyroxine can be given to younger patients although older patients and those with heart disease should be started more slowly. I believe that it should also be noted that patients with asthma should be started more slowly.In my experience, as well as that of others, there seems to be a relation between the thyroid state and the severity of asthma (2, 3). Hypothyroidism seems to improve the clinical...
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