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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 45 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Thyroid disorder 6 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 53 patients currently taking Liothyronine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 2
None
 7

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

Heat intolerance 1
Nightmares 1
Acne breakout 1
Irritability 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Liothyronine. See all 21 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 100 mcg daily 200 mg daily
  16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 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 5   Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 33%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 27%
Other 3   Other: 20%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 7%

See all 15 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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Liothyronine

Always
 9 82%
Usually
 2 18%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Liothyronine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 18%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 9 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Liothyronine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 14%
$25-49
 1 14%
< $25
 5 71%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.