Liothyronine

Liothyronine is a thyroidal hormone T3 which is normally produced by the thyroid gland in a ratio 4:1 when compared with T4: T3. Liothyronine is the active form of thyroxine which is composed in a basic chemical structure by a tyrosine with bound iodine. The exogenous liothyronine product was developed by King Pharmaceuticals and FDA approved in 1956.

Liothyronine is a thyroidal hormone T3 which is normally produced by the thyroid gland in a ratio 4:1 when compared with T4: T3. Liothyronine is the active form of thyroxine which is composed in a basic chemical structure by a tyrosine with bound iodine. The exogenous liothyronine product was developed by King Pharmaceuticals and FDA approved in 1956.

Liothyronine is officially approved for the following indications: In general terms, exogenous liothyronine is used to replace insufficient hormonal production and restore T3 plasma levels. The lack of liothyronine can be presented as a pale and puffy face, coarse, brittle hair, dry skin, croaky voice and constipation as well as irregular periods, drowsiness, and lethargy. Liothyronine should never be used in the suppression of benign nodules and nontoxic diffuse goiter in iodine-sufficient patients nor in the treatment of hyperthyroidism during the recovery phase of subacute thyroiditis.

• Autonomy of thyroid gland
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypothyroidism
• Myxedema coma
• Thyroid Cancer
• Euthyroid Goitre
• Myxedema pre-coma