TIROSINT®
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Levothyroxine sodium is used for the following indications:
Hypothyroidism
As replacement or supplemental therapy in congenital or acquired hypothyroidism of any etiology, except transient
hypothyroidism during the recovery phase of subacute thyroiditis. Specific indications include: primary (thyroidal), secondary
(pituitary), and tertiary (hypothalamic) hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism. Primary hypothyroidism may result from
functional deficiency, primary atrophy, partial or total congenital absence of the thyroid gland, or from the effects of surgery,
radiation, or drugs, with or without the presence of goiter.
Pituitary TSH Suppression
In the treatment or prevention of various types of euthyroid goiters, including thyroid nodules,
subacute or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis), multinodular goiter and, as an adjunct to surgery and radioiodine
therapy in the management of thyrotropin-dependent well-differentiated thyroid cancer.







