From Mary Shomon Your Thyroid Guide
Researchers Suggest Some Malabsorption May be a "Mental Problem"
September, 2001
When your TSH levels aren't budging despite increasing levels of thyroid drugs, why would your doctor accuse you of not taking your medicine? Probably because s/he is reading some of this misguided research, from the Southern Medical Journal, that says that not taking your medicine is frequently the real cause of persistent hypothyroidism.
This article is in a PDF format, so you'll need Adobe Reader to view it.
http://www.endolinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=209373&specid=16
"Noncompliance With Medical Treatment: Pseudomalabsorption of Levothyroxine," Southern Medical Journal, August 2001, Vol 94, No 8
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