Desiccated Thyroid Extract Compared With Levothyroxine in the Treatment of Hypothyroidism: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Study | Zendy

Thanh D. Hoang | Zendy; Cara Olsen | Zendy; Q. Vinh | Zendy; Patrick W. Clyde | Zendy; Mohamed K.M. Shakir | Zendy

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Desiccated Thyroid Extract Compared With Levothyroxine in the Treatment of Hypothyroidism: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Study

Author(s) -

Thanh D. Hoang,

Cara Olsen,

Q. Vinh,

Patrick W. Clyde,

Mohamed K.M. Shakir

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-4107

Subject(s) - medicine , levothyroxine , crossover study , randomized controlled trial , thyroid , neurocognitive , quality of life (healthcare) , pediatrics , placebo , gastroenterology , endocrinology , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology , cognition , psychiatry

Patients previously treated with desiccated thyroid extract (DTE), when being switched to levothyroxine (L-T₄), occasionally did not feel as well despite adequate dosing based on serum TSH levels.

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