For many patients, the most prescribed medication in Canada may have been wrongfully issued. This drug is used for those with underactive thyroids, the condition known clinically as hypothyroidism. The medication in question is known as levothyroxine, a synthetic version of thyroxine (T4), one of our body’s naturally produced thyroid hormones.  Levothyroxine is commonly sold […]

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