Advisory Caution Message on Retail Packaging of Levothyroxine and Its Significance in the Treatment of Hypothyroidism

Levothyroxine is extensively used for overt hypothyroidism. Most of the time, it is also prescribed by general practitioners in developing countries for subclinical hypothyroidism at the initial stages, despite adequate recommendations for the treatment, causing the manifestation of new health disorders. Therefore, it is opined that an advisory caution message should be inscribed on the retail packaging of Levothyroxine to give an indication to the non-endocrinologist general practitioner about the correct treatment protocol and to make the patient aware as well.