Synthroid Information
Synthroid (levothyroxine sodium) is intended to replace a hormone that is normally produced by
thethyroid gland. It is generally taken for life, except in cases of temporary hypothyroidism associated
with an inflammation of the thyroid gland.
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Synthroid is prescribed as:
- a replacement or supplemental therapy in patients of any age or state (including pregnancy)
with hypothyroidism of any etiology except transient hypothyroidism during the recovery phase
of subacute thyroiditis: primary hypothyroidism resulting from thyroid dysfunction, primary
atrophy, or partial or total absence of the thyroid gland, or from the effects of surgery,
radiation or drugs, with or without the presence of goiter, including subclinical
hypothyroidism; secondary (pituitary) hypothyroidism; and tertiary (hypothalamic)
hypothyroidism. Levothyroxine sodium injection can be used intravenously when rapid repletion
is required, and either intravenously or intramuscularly when the oral route is precluded.
- a pituitary TSH supressant in the
treatment or prevention of various types of euthyroid goiters, including thyroid nodules,
subacute or chronic lymphocytic thydroiditis (Hashimoto's), multinodular goiter, and in
conjunction with surgery and radioactive iodine therapy in the management of
thyrotropin-dependent well-differentiated papillary or follicular carcinoma of the thyroid.
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