“…Serum TSH level temporarily or permanently increases after subacute, postpartum and painless thyroiditis episodes. Actually, 17.6-30% of the cases with manifest hypothyroidism are diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism due to inadequate thyroid hormone replacement therapy [3,12]. Drugs such as doi: 10.7243/2053-3659-2-1 tamoxifen, chemotherapy, compounds that include iodine, cytokines (particularly Interferon-α and β), amiodarone, lithium carbonate, aminoglutethimide, ethionamide, sulfonamides and sulfonylureas cause thyroid dysfunction [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”