Liothyronine sodium 25mcg·100Tablets
$24.20 – $220.00
- Generic Name: liothyronine sodium
- Brand Name: Baboon Pharma
- Details : 100 pills /pack
Description
What is Cytomel and how is it used?
Cytomel is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of low thyroid hormone (Hypothyroidism), and enlarged thyroid gland (nontoxic goiter), Myxedema and Myxedema Coma. Cytomel may be used alone or with other medications.
Cytomel belongs to a class of drugs called Thyroid Products.
What are the possible side effects of Cytomel?
Cytomel may cause serious side effects including:
- headache,
- irritability,
- trouble sleeping,
- nervousness,
- increased sweating,
- heat intolerance,
- diarrhea, and
- menstrual changes
Get medical help right away, if you have any of the symptoms listed above.
The most common side effects of Cytomel include:
- nausea
Tell the doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of Cytomel. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
DESCRIPTION
Thyroid hormone drugs are natural or synthetic preparations containing tetraiodothyronine (T4, levothyroxine) sodium or triiodothyronine (T3, liothyronine) sodium or both. T4 and T3 are produced in the human thyroid gland by the iodination and coupling of the amino acid tyrosine. T4 contains four iodine atoms and is formed by the coupling of two molecules of diiodotyrosine (DIT). T3 contains three atoms of iodine and is formed by the coupling of one molecule of DIT with one molecule of monoiodotyrosine (MIT). Both hormones are stored in the thyroid colloid as thyroglobulin.
Thyroid hormone preparations belong to two categories: (1) natural hormonal preparations derived from animal thyroid, and (2) synthetic preparations. Natural preparations include desiccated thyroid and thyroglobulin. Desiccated thyroid is derived from domesticated animals that are used for food by man (either beef or hog thyroid), and thyroglobulin is derived from thyroid glands of the hog. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has standardized the total iodine content of natural preparations. Thyroid USP contains not less than (NLT) 0.17 percent and not more than (NMT) 0.23 percent iodine, and thyroglobulin contains not less than (NLT) 0.7 percent of organically bound iodine. Iodine content is only an indirect indicator of true hormonal biologic activity.
Cytomel (liothyronine sodium) Tablets contain liothyronine (L-triiodothyronine or LT3), a synthetic form of a natural thyroid hormone, and is available as the sodium salt.
The structural and empirical formulas and molecular weight of liothyronine sodium are given below.
Liothyronine Sodium
L-Tyrosine, O-(4-hydroxy-3-iodophenyl)-3,5-diiodo-, monosodium salt
Twenty-five mcg of liothyronine is equivalent to approximately 1 grain of desiccated thyroid or thyroglobulin and 0.1 mg of L-thyroxine.
Each round, white to off-white Cytomel (liothyronine sodium) tablet contains liothyronine sodium equivalent to liothyronine as follows: 5 mcg debossed KPI and 115; 25 mcg scored and debossed KPI and 116; 50 mcg scored and debossed KPI and 117. Inactive ingredients consist of calcium sulfate, gelatin, corn starch, stearic acid, sucrose and talc.
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