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Status:
US Approved Rx (2009)
First approved in 1956

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Liothyronine (CYTOMEL®) is a T3 thyroid hormone normally synthesized and secreted by the thyroid gland in much smaller quantities than its prohormone thyroxine (T4). Most T3 is derived from peripheral monodeiodination of T4 at the 5' position of the ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2020)
First approved in 1953

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Levothyroxine (T4) is a synthetically prepared levo isomer of thyroxine, the major hormone secreted from the thyroid gland. Thyroxine is released from thyroglobulin by proteolysis and secreted into the blood. Thyroxine is peripherally deiodinated to ...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1967

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Dextrothyroxine is the dextrorotary isomer of the synthetic thyroxine. It is an antihyperlipidemic agent. The mechanism of action is not completely understood, but dextrothyroxine apparently acts in the liver to stimulate formation of low-density lip...
mixture
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US
First approved in 2010

Class:
MIXTURE