Simon is the Medical Director of NB Medical Education. He is also a partner at a training practice in central Oxford and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Oxford University, and he has previously worked as a GP in Australia.
Osteoarthritis is by far and away the most common form of arthritis in Australia.
Susan is newly pregnant. She had some thyroid tests done earlier this year and was diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism. Her TSH was 6 mIU/ml with a normal thyroxine and negative anti thyroid antibodies. She has read in a forum online that she needs to be treated with thyroxine but she is worried about taking medication when pregnant. What do you advise her?