Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-241   Overview: Seven percent of the US population has an active levothyroxine prescription, which is significantly greater than the number of people diagnosed with overt hypothyroidism. Many of these prescriptions appear to be for the treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism and other conditions in euthyroid individuals. Join us to uncover the latest findings on the use of levothyroxine and what the evidence tells us about appropriate use and misuse of this drug.   Episode resource links: Brito, J., Ross, J., El Kawkgi, O., Maraka, S., Deng, Y., Shah, N., Lipska, K. & (9000). Levothyroxine Use in the United States, 2008-2018. JAMA Internal Medicine, Publish Ahead of Print, doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2686. Johansen, M., Marcinek, J., Yun, J. & (2020). Thyroid Hormone Use in the United States, 1997–2016. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicin