The clinical significance of low dose biotin supplements ( & lt;300 μg/day) in the treatment of patients with hypothyroidism: crucial or overestimated?

ConclusionOur study suggests that changes in thyroid hormones profiling, due to supplements containing low dose biotin, are of minimal clinical relevance and in most cases don ’t occult the need to adjust the thyroxine replacement dose in patients with hypothyroidism. Larger, well-designed trials are required to further evaluate this phenomenon.

http://link.springer.com/10.1186/s13044-023-00162-8

Source: Thyroid Research - July 17, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research