liothyronine

liothyronine

 [li″o-thi´ro-nēn]
a synthetic pharmaceutical preparation of the levorotatory isomer of triiodothyronine; used for replacement therapy in hypothyroidism and for the prophylaxis and treatment of goiter and of thyroid cancer; administered orally or intravenously as the sodium salt.
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