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Is it any different to measuring cholesterol or PSA in the 'worried well' and how many of us provide 'well person screening' for our local private hospital - very lucrative but do we have any real evidence that many of the tests requested as part of such a profile are of any value for this particular purpose?
In this case provision of a normal FT3 has hopefully reduced the patients anxiety and hence , at least for a short while, reduced pressure on the GP's time. In this respect it has probably been of more direct benefit to the patient than some the hundreds of 'routine biochemistry' tests that we all do on a daily basis - and a lot cheaper than prescribing T3 for the patient, which some GP's and psychiatrists have been known to do in the past.
Gary Firth
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cook [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 26 October 2001 12:38
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: "Wilson's Syndrome"
With regard to Gary Firth's posting, the fT3 was in effect
requested (and paid for) by the patient herself.
This raises plenty of interesting issues!
We are aware you can purchase over the counter kits for TSH now in
certain parts of the world. How long will it be before fT3 is
available?
David Cook
Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Tel: 0191 222 6935 or 222 7865