Standard levothyroxine dosing algorithms that incorporate actual body mass could be responsible for the higher rate of thyrotoxicosis among older women vs men. Risk for iatrogenic thyrotoxicosis among ...

The study authors concluded that levothyroxine supplementation in pregnancy among patients with hypothyroidism was not linked to lower prematurity risk. These results add to clinical practice ...

Objective To evaluate the effect of levothyroxine therapy on pregnancy outcomes compared with placebo or no treatment in women without overt hypothyroidism with presence of thyroid peroxidase ...

Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid — is the second-most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the US. It’s consumed by about 7% of the US population.

A patient who developed atrial fibrillation resulting from the failure to adjust their levothyroxine dose after rapid, significant weight loss while on the antiobesity drug tirzepatide (Zepbound ...

Synthroid is the brand-name form of levothyroxine. They’re both prescribed for certain thyroid conditions. Synthroid and levothyroxine come as oral tablets, while levothyroxine comes in other ...

Unithroid (levothyroxine) is a prescription drug used to treat certain thyroid diseases. Unithroid comes as an oral tablet. Unithroid contains the active ingredient levothyroxine. (An active ...

Thyroid-stimulating hormone levels alone should be used to guide levothyroxine dosing in almost all cases. Small adjustments in levothyroxine can have a large impact on TSH, but once the TSH level is ...

US-based pharmaceutical company Xeris Biopharma has dosed the first participant in a Phase II clinical trial of subcutaneous (SC) XP-8121 injection to treat adults with hypothyroidism. The trial will ...