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What are medications for cretinism?
thyroid hormone replacement
Do you need thyroid hormone replacement with half a thyroid?
If your remaining thyroid tissue is not able to keep up with your body's needs for thyroid hormones, you will need replacement medications.
Can you live without your thyroid gland?
The outcome of this surgery is usually excellent. Most people will need to take thyroid hormone pills (thyroid hormone replacement) for the rest of their lives.
What is ic levothyroxin used for?
Levothyroxine is a replacement for a hormone that is normally produced by your thyroid gland to regulate the body's energy and metabolism. Levothyroxine is given when the thyroid does not produce enough of this hormone on its own.
What is armor thyroid?
Armour thyroid is an extract from the thyroid gland of beef cattle, slaughtered in the Armour meat processing plants. As a result, its active ingredients are not only variable but subject to medical conjecture. In humans, the active thyroid hormones are designated T3 and T4, and these have been available in synthetic form for over 30 years. Nonetheless, a percentage of humans with hypothyroidism remain clinically refractory to treatment with synthetic thyroid hormone, and yet appear to fare much better on armour thyroid, thus raising at least a conjecture that an as yet unidentified molecule in beef thyroid bestows a benefit on this group of patients. All are readily available in pharmacies throughout the US, so discussion with one's physician may be warranted if the symptoms of hypothyroidism persist despite adequate replacement with synthetic thyroid hormone (thyroxine, sold under the brand names Synthroid or Levoxyl).
Is levothyroxine an active ingredient in Zithromax?
No, there is no levothyroxine in Zithromax. Levothyroxine is a thyroid hormone replacement medication.
What is Synthroid drugs?
Synthroid is a synthetic thyroid replacement. If your doctor has prescribed this, it is because one of the enzymes involved in the production of your thyroid hormone is off causing your thyroid levels to be low.
How long can you live without a thyroid gland and no hormone replacement and an enlarged pituitary gland?
three years
What is the stimulus for release of Thyroid hormone?
Unlike some medical terminology, this one is kind of straightforward. Thyroid-stimulating hormone is what stimulates the thyroid to produce thyroid hormone.
What is necessary for the production of thyroid hormone?
Many things are necessary for the production of thyroid hormone. *Fuel* for the thyroid to produce thyroid hormone however, is iodine.
Is a thyroid hormone a cell?
A hormone is a chemical, not a cell. They thyroid gland that secretes the thyroid hormone (which is called thyroxin) is composed of cells.
What produces Thyroid stimulating hormone?
The hormone called as thyroid stimulating hormone stimulates the production of the thyroid hormone. It comes from anterior lobe of the pituitary. There is negative feed back system to regulate the hormone production in your body.
