Dear Belinda

Please find attached response to your information request.

Sincerely

Margee Do
Senior Advisor

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

From:        "Belinda Hodson"
<[FOI #12030 email]>
To:        "OIA/LGOIMA requests at Ministry of Health"
<[Ministry of Health request email]>,
Date:        14/01/2020 09:27 a.m.
Subject:        Official Information request - Citation lists for thyroid
medications

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Dear Ministry of Health,

Part A. For all current Medsafe approved funded thyroid medications please
provide:

1. The citation lists (clinical research studies, other clinical papers
and publications including randomised control trials and guidelines) that
support all currently Medsafe approved funded thyroid medications.
Citations are to include those on safety, benefits, efficacy and risk, and
risk management; and

2. The citation list of all NZ or international patient survey data that
supports these treatments.

Part B. Please provide

1. The citation lists (clinical research studies, other clinical papers
and publications including randomised control trials and guidelines) that
say that Desiccated Thyroid Extract or other forms of combination T3/T4
treatment for hypothyroidism and Liothyronine are NOT safe, beneficial,
effective and risks cannot be managed safely. Citations are to include
those on safety, benefits, efficacy and risk, and risk management.

2. The citation lists of all NZ or international patient survey data that
show they are NOT safe, beneficial or effective.

Please note that for Part A and B, copies of the actual studies themselves
are not required, just the citation (also known as an APA reference e.g.

Elizabeth A. McAninch and Antonio C. Bianco (July, 2019). The Swinging
Pendulum in Treatment for Hypothyroidism: From (and Toward?) Combination
Therapy. Frontiers in Endocrinology. published: 09 July 2019. doi:
10.3389/fendo.2019.00446.

Yours faithfully,

Belinda Hodson

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