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2. Common thyroid drug levothyroxine linked to bone mass loss - AOL

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   Levothyroxine, a drug used to treat hypothyroidism, can lead to reduced bone mass and density in older adults with normal thyroid levels, a small cohort study has shown.

3. Desiccated thyroid extract - Wikipedia

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   It is used to treat hypothyroidism, [1] but less preferred than levothyroxine. [1] It is taken by mouth. [1] Maximal effects may take up to three weeks to occur. [1] Side effects may occur from excessive doses. [1] This may include weight loss, fever, headache, anxiety, trouble sleeping, arrhythmias, and heart failure. [1]

4. Levothyroxine - Wikipedia

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   As of 2011, levothyroxine was the second-most commonly prescribed medication in the U.S., [43] with 23.8 million prescriptions filled each year. [ 44 ] In 2022, it was the fourth most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 82 million prescriptions.

5. Thyroid hormones - Wikipedia

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   Thyroid hormones are essential to proper development and differentiation of all cells of the human body. These hormones also regulate protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism, affecting how human cells use energetic compounds. They also stimulate vitamin metabolism. Numerous physiological and pathological stimuli influence thyroid hormone ...

6. Hashimoto's thyroiditis - Wikipedia

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   Levothyroxine sodium has a sodium salt added to increase the gastrointestinal absorption of levothyroxine. [74] Levothyroxine has the benefits of a long half-life [ 24 ] leading to stable thyroid hormone levels, [ 75 ] ease of monitoring , [ 75 ] excellent safety [ 75 ] [ 76 ] and efficacy record, [ 68 ] and usefulness in pregnancy as it can ...

7. Thyroxine - Wikipedia

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   Thyroxine, also known as T 4, is a hormone produced by the thyroid gland.It is the primary form of thyroid hormone found in the blood and acts as a prohormone of the more active thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T 3). [1]

8. Thyrotoxic myopathy - Wikipedia

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   TM, with proper diagnosis and effective treatment, can be beaten. Patients who are diagnosed have a normal life expectancy and can ultimately lead healthy lives if proper treatment is administered. Typically, once the over-production of thyroxine is corrected and thyroid function adequately reaches a level of homeostasis, patients begin to ...

9. Liothyronine - Wikipedia

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   For patients taking levothyroxine, TSH may be boosted by discontinuing levothyroxine for 3–6 weeks. [6] This long period of hormone withdrawal is required because of levothyroxine's relatively long biological half-life, and may result in symptoms of hypothyroidism in the patient. The shorter half-life of liothyronine permits a withdrawal ...