Levothyroxine (LT4) is the primary therapy recommended for the treatment of hypothyroidism
Levothyroxine (L-T4) treatment of overt hypothyroidism can be more challenging in elderly compared to young patients
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Levothyroxine (L-T4) treatment of overt hypothyroidism can be more challenging in elderly compared to young patients
Data sources: Relevant English language articles published from 1966 to 1992 were identified through a MEDLINE search and manual searches of both identified articles and selected endocrinology texts
Levothyroxine is the standard therapy for patients with hypothyroidism, a condition that affects up to 5% of people worldwide
You'll initially have regular blood tests until the correct dose of levothyroxine is reached
The pituitary makes a hormone called TSH that causes the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormone for
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The most important contributors for the development of SIBO in ascending order are immunosuppression, impairment of intestinal clearance and levothyroxine use, but they do not sufficiently explain its emergence
Oral administration of levothyroxine (LT4), which targets the circulating level of thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH) to within a predefined reference range, is the mainstay of treatment of hypothyroidism [ 1 – 3 ]
We aimed to assess the effects of LT4 therapy on the neurodevelopment of infants of SCH women in the first 3 years of life
Effraimidis G, Watt T, Feldt-Rasmussen U
Background: Protocols call for the start of hormonal therapy with levothyroxine after the declaration of brain death
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