The term vade mecum means:
1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
2. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.
Please don't get put off by the number of pages!
Nor
by the fact it is targeted at people interested in thyroid issues. Much
of its contents could be of use to many involved in health issues.
Things like abbreviations, lists, general reference information, an
Appendix of links to many useful websites.
And do keep up to
date. I edit it frequently- sometimes trivially, sometimes extensively.
If your copy is more than a few weeks old, please download it again.
(You must download - not just view in a browser - for the Table of
Contents to work.)
In particular, it is not intended that you sit and read the document. Just that you download it and know you can look things up.
It has the following topics - which may change from time to time:
Active Pharmaceutical
Ingredients (API)
International Non-proprietary Names
(INN)
British Approved Name (BAN)
Alerts for Medicine Recalls
and Warnings
Amino Acids
Anaemia
Anatomical Therapeutic
Chemical (ATC) codes
Antibodies
Anti-Thyroid Therapy
Autoimmune Thyroid
Disease (AITD)
Calculators and Convertors
Daily Rhythms of Thyroid
Hormones
Data Matrix Codes
Deiodinase Enzymes (DIO1,
DIO2 and DIO3)
Desiccated Thyroid and
Thyroid Glandulars
Desiccated Thyroid Ratios
Dimensions of Capsules
Donating Blood
Elements
EU Falsified Medicines
Directive
Excipients
Expiry Dates
Famous People with
Thyroid Disease
Fine Dose Adjustment
Genetic Polymorphisms
Gluten-Free Status of
Medicines (UK)
Graves’ Disease
History of Thyroid
Treatment and Medicines
Hydration: Anhydrous vs.
Pentahydrate
Human Hormones
Hypodermic Needle Sizes
Hypothyroidism Symptom
List
Iodine Content of Thyroid
Hormones
Iron
Levothyroxine Advice
Medicine Classifications
Medicine Documents
NHS Drug Tariffs
NHS England Integrated
Care Systems (ICS)
NHS Scotland Health
Boards.
NHS Wales Health Boards
Pathology Handbooks
Patient Records Access
Pharma Contacts
Pharmacies Online
Pharmacy Locations
Prescribing by Brand
Prescribing Levothyroxine
by Brand
Prescription Charges
Prescription Latin
Pretibial myxoedema
Ranges and Reference
Intervals
Serious Shortage Protocols
Shortages
Test Interference by Biotin
Tests (Summary)
Tests – LabTestsOnline
Thyroglobulin (TG)
Thyroid Binding Proteins
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Diseases, Disorders
and Syndromes
Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)
Thyroid Hormone(s)
Thyroid Hormone Medicines
Thyroid Hormone Ratios
Thyroid Peroxidase
Thyroid Stimulating
Hormone
Thyrotropin-releasing
hormone (TRH)
Thyroxine (Levothyroxine,
T4)
TSH Receptor Antibodies
(TRab)
Units – Grams, Milligrams
and Micrograms
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
Vitamin B9 (Folate/Folic
acid)
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
Vitamins
X-codes
Yellow Card Reports
If you have not downloaded it recently, please download it again. It is continually being updated.
If there is anything you'd like me to add, let me know.
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[i][b]helvella - Vade Mecum for Thyroid[/b]
The term 'vade mecum' means:
1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
2. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.
Last updated 10/02/2025 [/i]
Link to blog:
https://helvella.blogspot.com/p/helvella-vade-mecum-for-thyroid.html
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