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What is Liothyronine?

Liothyronine is a thyroid product. Oral preparation is a replacement or supplemental therapy in hypothyroidism; management of nontoxic goiter; a diagnostic aid. IV preparation is used for the treatment of myxedema coma/precoma.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hypothyroidism 25 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Thyroid disorder 4 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 4 1 Efficacy_major
Treat my mood condition(s) 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
low thryoid 2 1 Efficacy_major
Other 2 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 38 patients currently taking Liothyronine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Liothyronine

Nightmares 1
Acne 1
Irritability 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Liothyronine. See all 18 dosages ►

  5 mcg daily 10 mg daily 10 mcg daily 15 mcg daily 20 mcg daily 25 mcg daily 30 mcg daily 50 mcg daily 75 mcg daily 200 mg daily
  9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Liothyronine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 38%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 38%
Other 2   Other: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 13%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Liothyronine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Liothyronine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Liothyronine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Liothyronine

Always
 8 89%
Usually
 1 11%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Liothyronine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 22%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 7 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Liothyronine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 17%
$25-49
 1 17%
< $25
 4 67%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.