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Symptoms after you stop prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 7 7:54pm | Replies (87)

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@caroljeand This is what I have found: What type of tests are potentially affected?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a warning regarding the possible interference of Biotin supplementation with a few specific laboratory tests. Tests that are typically used for the evaluation of endocrine function, including but not limited to PTH (parathyroid hormone), TSH (thyrotropin), fT4 (free thyroxine), TT3 (total triiodothyronine), and Tg (thyroglobulin); as well as other tests such as troponin, serum folate, vitamin D, and hepatitis A & B antibodies may produce inaccurate results when someone is taking a Biotin supplement. Some of these tests are at risk of producing results that are falsely too high or too low when Biotin is present in the tested sample.

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@elizabethannr
Thank you for this information. I will suspend my biotin as I am on thyroid medication ( been on the same dose for 35 years) and seeing an endocrinologist this month for all the hormonal disturbances PMR is causing, particularly with my blood glucose numbers.
My fasting glucose is unusually low compared to what it was prior to PMR.
However my A1C was still high.