Medication
Levothyroxine (T4)
Half-life
~7 days
What is Levothyroxine (T4)?
Synthetic thyroxine used for thyroid hormone replacement.
How Levothyroxine (T4) works
Converted peripherally to T3, then activates nuclear thyroid receptors controlling metabolic gene expression.
Levothyroxine (T4) half-life
~7 days
Levothyroxine (T4) side effects
- Palpitations if overdosed
- Bone/cardiac strain with over-replacement
- Dose sensitive to absorption interactions
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