Taking high doses of thyroid hormone to treat thyroid cancer might weaken your bones over time and increase the chance of getting osteoporosis.

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Bone mineral density changes and bone turnover in thyroid carcinoma patients treated with supraphysiologic doses of thyroxine.

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The study looks at the same treatment mentioned in the claim and finds that it does speed up bone loss, which can lead to weaker bones over time.

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Bone mineral density changes and bone turnover in thyroid carcinoma patients treated with supraphysiologic doses of thyroxine.

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DOI: 10.1055/S-2006-932992

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All premenopausal women with a certain type of thyroid tumor have very low levels of a key hormone (TSH), no matter how severe their thyroid symptoms are — but that low hormone level alone doesn’t tell us if their bones are being affected.

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