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Thyroid, the butterfly effect

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Prescribed to more than three million people in France to replace the hormones that the thyroid no longer produces, Levothyrox has so far been an uneventful drug. But, following a change of formula in March 2017, it is at the heart of a vast health crisis. Dizziness, fatigue, memory loss, palpitations, muscle or joint pain, some patients experience a nightmare. The controversy grows. More than 17,000 reports of adverse effects have been recorded by the National Medicines Safety Agency. Why did she ask the Merck laboratory, now sued, to change the formulation? For several years, specialists have also been sounding the alarm bells against the excessive screening and overdiagnosis of certain thyroid cancers,

French (fr-CA)

Title

2018 Thyroïde, L'effet Papillon

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2018 Thyroïde, L'effet Papillon
Overview

Prescrit à plus de trois millions de personnes en France pour remplacer les hormones que la thyroïde ne produit plus, le Levothyrox était jusqu'ici un médicament sans histoire. Mais, à la suite d'un changement de formule en mars 2017, il est au coeur d'une vaste crise sanitaire. Vertiges, fatigue, pertes de mémoire, palpitations, douleurs musculaires ou articulaires, certains patients vivent un cauchemar. La polémique grandit. Plus de 17 000 signalements d'effets indésirables ont été recensés par l'Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament. Pourquoi a-t-elle demandé au laboratoire Merck, aujourd'hui assigné en justice, de changer la formulation ? Depuis plusieurs années, des spécialistes tirent par ailleurs la sonnette d'alarme face au dépistage excessif et au surdiagnostic de certains cancers thyroïdiens, conduisant à des ablations.

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