ROJoson Thyroid Wellness Clinic

25/05/2026

ROJoson Medical Consultation Announcement (May 25, 2026)
Announcement on ROJoson F2Fmedical Consultation:
I hold Face-2-Face Medical Consultation in Manila Doctors Hospital DSMT Rm 301. Regular schedule: Tuesday: 8 to 12 nn (with prior booking). Thursday and Saturday: by appointment.
Procedure on booking for appointment: Book with my secretary, Ms. Beth Tumambing, at Telephone Number: 85224713 (Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri).
The F2Fmedical Consultation will be strictly on an appointment basis. No walk-in allowed. I will see only 10 patients on a Tuesday morning. Book at least 4 days before. First come first serve on booking.
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Announcement on ROJoson Telemedical Consultation:
I hold ROJoson Telemedical Consultation every day except Saturday and Sunday (by appointment) which is another option for ROJoson Medical Consultation. Contact number: 09188040304 (SMS / Viber). Facebook Messenger: Rojoson Telemedicalconsultation
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Link to Primer on ROJoson Telemedical Consultation: https://sites.google.com/site/rojosontelemedicalconsultation/primer-on-rojoson-telemedical-consultation

23/05/2026

ROJoson Thyroid Wellness Clinic
Announcement:
I am holding Face-to-Face Medical Consultation in Manila Doctors Hospital every Tuesday 8 am to 12 nn.
Call 85224713 and look for Beth to book for an appointment.
I am holding Telemedical Consultation via Viber or Facebook messenger or Zoom. Date and time to be agreed upon through Viber 09188040304 (ROJoson)
Dr. Reynaldo Joson
May 23, 2026 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JCuXcHyPu/
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23/05/2026

ROJoson Thyroid Wellness Clinic
Announcement:
I am holding Face-to-Face Medical Consultation in Manila Doctors Hospital every Tuesday 8 am to 12 nn.
Call 85224713 and look for Beth to book for an appointment.
I am holding Telemedical Consultation via Viber or Facebook messenger or Zoom. Date and time to be agreed upon through Viber 09188040304 (ROJoson)
Dr. Reynaldo Joson
May 23, 2026 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JCuXcHyPu/

23/05/2026

ROJoson Thyroid Wellness Clinic
Announcement:
I am holding Face-to-Face Medical Consultation in Manila Doctors Hospital every Tuesday 8 am to 12 nn.
Call 85224713 and look for Beth to book for an appointment.
I am holding Telemedical Consultation via Viber or Facebook messenger or Zoom. Date and time to be agreed upon through Viber 09188040304 (ROJoson)
Dr. Reynaldo Joson
May 23, 2026

23/05/2026

ROJoson Thyroid Wellness Clinic

Announcement:

I am holding Face-to-Face Medical Consultation in Manila Doctors Hospital every Tuesday 8 am to 12 nn.

Call 85224713 and look for Beth to book for an appointment.

I am holding Telemedical Consultation via Viber or Facebook messenger or Zoom. Date and time to be agreed upon through Viber 09188040304 (ROJoson)

Dr. Reynaldo Joson
May 23, 2026

23/05/2026

PBL-IBL: Does levothyroxine come only in sodium form?
Posted on May 23, 2026 by reyojoson
PBL – IBL = Problem-based Learning / Inquiry-based Learning

May 23, 2026

PBL-IBL: Does levothyroxine come only in sodium form?

YES.

The standard pharmaceutical form of levothyroxine used in medications is levothyroxine sodium.

Levothyroxine itself is the synthetic form of the thyroid hormone T4 (thyroxine). The “sodium” part refers to the salt formulation used to make the drug stable, absorbable, and manufacturable as tablets, capsules, or injections.

Examples:

Synthroid = levothyroxine sodium
Euthyrox = levothyroxine sodium
Eltroxin = levothyroxine sodium
Thydin = levothyroxine sodium
Forhypo = levothyroxine sodium
In clinical practice, people usually just say “levothyroxine,” but the actual ingredient listed is almost always levothyroxine sodium.

There are not commonly used non-sodium levothyroxine formulations in routine medical practice.

22/05/2026

THYROID CANCER - OVERDIAGNOSIS BEWARE https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DJHG8np1j/

GUIDE 7 -- TC Incidence and/or Overdiagnosis
History of the Term "Overdiagnosis" as it Applies to Thyroid Cancer

The word "overdiagnosis" refers to over-screening the population for a particular disease, which if left alone would likely not cause death anyways. It may also apply in situations when thyroid nodules are noticed when patients are given a scan for a different reason (such as a CT scan for a shoulder injury).

In 2006 two authors (Davies & Welch) co-wrote an extremely influential document entitled "Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973-2002" which was published in the prestigious JAMA medical journal. This document began the trend towards explaining the rise in rates of TC as over-diagnosis, and also the tendency towards thinking that operating on small TC tumours may be over-treatment. The authors drew their conclusions based on epidemiological data.

The main points of the Davies-Welch theory of overdiagnosis are:

• Rates are rising primarily in patients with small, stage 1, PTC tumours. Many of those patients are "asymptomatic".
• If radiation exposure is the cause or risk factor for thyroid cancer, they surmise that in order for the rates to truly go up, there must be more radiation in our environment, which they argue is not the case.
• They cite autopsy studies which find at least 36% of people who die in old age of something non-thyroid related, do in fact have thyroid cancer tumours once their gland is examined.
• They claim the rise in the incidence rate is really a reflection of increased "diagnostic scrutiny" starting in the 1980s.
• They say more women are "overdiagnosed" than are men. They are more "burdened" by the diagnoses.
• They say overdiagnosis also leads to overtreatment. That is, very small tumours which may have remained "indolent" if left alone are removed in a TT surgery with all possible surgical after-effects and lifelong hormone replacement.

They conclude that the discovery of a 1cm tumour should be left alone and classified as a "normal finding".
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Several subsequent studies back-up the Davies-Welch theory.

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Last Modified: Oct 30, 2024
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01/01/2026

ROJoson Telemedical Consultation
You can avail of my ROJoson Telemedical Consultation with Video Medical Examination either using Facebook Messenger, Viber or Zoom.
Step 1:
Read Primer on ROJoson Telemedical Consultation:
https://sites.google.com/site/rojosontelemedicalconsultation/primer-on-rojoson-telemedical-consultation
Step 2:
If interested, request Facebook Friendship of Rojoson Telemedicalconsultation (https://www.facebook.com/rojoson.telemedicalconsultation.9)
Step 3:
Request appointment through cellphone.
SMS or text ROJoson at 09188040304 with the following details:
Type this first:
"I have read the Primer on ROJoson Telemedical Consultation and have agreed to the terms and conditions set in the Primer."
1. Complete name, age and s*x
2. Concern to consult ROJoson:
3. Desired date and time of consultation:
4. Cellphone and/or Viber #:
5. Email address:
6. Facebook account (name or link to profile):
Step 4: After completing the steps above, wait for ROJoson’s response through SMS. He may give further instructions aside from the appointment date and time.

I, Dr. Reynaldo O. Joson, have been doing telemedical consultation when I started private practice in 1981 through telephones, pagers (Pocketbell, Easy Call), cellphones, emails, and through facebook (starting June 16, 2011) and Viber. I decided to formalize it into ROJoson Telemedical

01/01/2026

ROJoson Face-to-Face Medical Consultation
You can avail of my ROJoson Face-to-Face Medical Consultation at Manila Doctors Hospital DSMT Room 301. I usually announce the schedule in Facebook and Viber Groups.
Step 1:
Read Primer on ROJoson Face-to-Face Medical Consultation:
https://rojosonmedicalclinic.wordpress.com/2022/05/04/primer-on-rojoson-f2fmedical-consultation/
Step 2:
If interested, request Facebook Friendship of Rojoson Telemedicalconsultation (https://www.facebook.com/rojoson.telemedicalconsultation.9)
Step 3:
Request appointment through cellphone (or Viber or Facebook Messenger).
SMS or text ROJoson at 09188040304 (same number in Viber) with the following details:
Type this first:
"I have read the Primer on ROJoson Face-to-Face Medical Consultation and have agreed to the terms and conditions set in the Primer."
1. Complete name, age and s*x
2. Concern to consult ROJoson:
3. Desired date and time of consultation:
4. Cellphone and/or Viber #:
5. Email address:
6. Facebook account (name or link to profile):
Step 4: After completing the steps above, wait for ROJoson’s response through SMS. He may give further instructions aside from the appointment date and time.

ROJoson F2Fmedical Consultation F2F = Face-to-Face F2Fmedical Consultation = Face-to-Face Medical Consultation Before the COVID19 lockdown in March 16 or 17, 2020, I have been doing F2Fmedical Cons…

01/01/2026

New policies on Booking for Appointment for ROJoson F2F Medical Consultation – Starting 2026
Posted on January 1, 2026 by reyojoson
New policies on Booking for Appointment for ROJoson F2F Medical Consultation

1. Starting 2026, IF ROJOSON CANNOT BE REACHED, BOOKING MAY BE DONE THROUGH MS. BETH TUMAMBING, 85224713.

2. Booking Processes with Ms. Beth Tumambing: Will be explained to patients by Ms. Beth Tumambing during the booking call.

Thank you.

Dr. Rey