You either have it or not - you can't preempt it. You can treat it once it is diagnosed. The purpose of treatment is to replace the thyroid hormone that is lacking. Levothyroxine is the most commonly used medication. Doctors will prescribe the lowest dose that effectively relieves symptoms and brings the TSH level to a normal range. TSH is produced by the pituitary gland and tells the thyroid gland to make and release the hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3).
Louis Pasteur discovered the preventive treatment for rabies in 1885.
William Gull was the first to mention hypothyroidism in a speech given in 1874. The first treatment for hypothyroidism was discovered in 1891 by George Murray.
There is one standard treatment available for hypothyroidism. The oral medication, a synthetic thyroid hormone levothyroxine, will restore adequate hormone levels which reverses the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism.
In my own opinion the best treatment for hypothyroidism is through natural thyroid supplements.
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The only effective treatment is to give thyroid hormone replacement, levothyroxine, which is sold under several brands.
preventive, corrective, and functional
Because your doctor prescribed it? Levothroid is for treatment of hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid).
With treatment, patients with Hypothyroidism can live a normal life.
Preventive treatment for migraine headaches is called migraine prophylaxis or prophylactic therapy. Another term is Migraine Preventive Therapy.
Propylthioracil (PTU) is used in the treatment of some hypERthyroid conditions.
Synthroid is a thyroid hormone used in the treatment of hypothyroidism.