PMID: 11925355Apr 2, 2002Paper

Randomised trial of thyroxine to prevent postnatal depression in thyroid-antibody-positive women

The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
B HarrisReginald Hall

Abstract

Women who are positive for thyroid antibodies in early gestation are prone to post-partum depression, apparently independent of thyroid dysfunction, as measured by serum levels of free thyroxine, free triodothyroxine and thyroid-stimulating hormone. This finding may be due to infrequent monitoring of thyroid function, because hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism and combinations of both may occur post-partum. To test the hypothesis that stabilising thyroid function post-partum by administering daily thyroxine reduces the rate of occurrence and severity of associated depression. In a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial, 100 microg of thyroxine or placebo was given daily to 446 thyroid-antibody-positive women (342 of whom were compliant) from 6 weeks to 6 months post-partum, assessing their psychiatric and thyroid status at 4-weekly intervals. There was no evidence that thyroxine had any effect on the occurrence of depression. The 6-month period prevalence of depression was similar to that reported previously. The excess of depression in thyroid-antibody-positive women in the post-partum period is not corrected by daily administration of thyroxine.

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