This study investigated the effect of levothyroxine treatment on serum prolactin (PRL) levels in women with subclinical hypothyroidism. Sixty-six women (mean age, 58.5 +/- 1.3 years) with confirmed subclinical hypothyroidism (mean thyrotropin [TSH], 11.7 +/- 0.8 mIU/L) were randomly assigned to receive levothyroxine or placebo for 48 weeks. Based on blinded TSH monitoring, physiologic levothyroxine replacement (85.5 +/- 4.3 microg/d; TSH, 3.1 +/- 0.3 mIU/L) was ascertained throughout the study. PRL levels were measured before and after administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) at baseline, after 24 and 48 weeks. Sixty-three of the 66 women completed the study. At baseline, basal PRL levels were elevated in 19% of the patients. None of the patients reported menstrual disturbances, infertility, or galactorrhea. In the levothyroxine group (n = 31) basal and peak PRL levels were significantly reduced after 24 and 48 weeks (p = 0.03 and p = 0.001). Mean changes in PRL levels differed significantly between the two treatment groups after 24 weeks (p = 0.03 and p = 0.01). The treatment effect was more pronounced in patients with PRL and TSH levels above the median at baseline (i.e., PRL < 16 ng/mL; TSH < 11 mIU/L). Based on this double-blinded, placebo-controlled study we demonstrate that in subclinical hypothyroidism PRL regulation is altered with elevated basal and stimulated PRL levels, and that physiologic levothyroxine treatment restores PRL concentrations.
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