Medications can sometimes have unexpected side effects, and certain ones may impact your thyroid health. When a medication leads to reduced thyroid activity, it's known as drug-induced hypothyroidism.

Levothyroxine, a medication commonly used to treat hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid gland doesn’t produce ...

Commonly prescribed thyroid drug levothyroxine was linked with bone mass and bone density loss in a cohort of older adults in ...

Longterm use of a common medication used to treat an under-active thyroid gland , which more than 3 million Brits are taking, ...

A new study found that levothyroxine, a common medication for hypothyroidism sold as Synthroid, is linked to bone loss in ...

Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormones, often causing symptoms like weight gain and fatigue. Medications and certain lifestyle changes may help ease symptoms.

While hypothyroidism can lead to serious and potentially fatal complications without treatment, it is possible to have too much thyroid hormone: a condition called hyperthyroidism, which can lead ...

New research suggests that a thyroid medication often prescribed to older Americans may be linked to a common problem in old age -- bone loss. Levothyroxine is a synthetic hormone often prescribed ...