Liothyronine treats hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone).
Levothyroxine, used to treat hypothyroidism, can also be used in euthyroid patients for the treatment of goitre.
Another study suggests that patients may benefit from triiodothyronine, a medication used to treat hypothyroidism.
Doctors usually prescribe thyroid hormone pills to treat hypothyroidism.
Barnes treated hypothyroidism by prescribing patients a daily dose of thyroid hormone.
Regular doses in hypothryoid patients are acceptable, but only under the context of treating hypothyroidism.
Holtorf condones treating hypothyroidism with compounded combinations of bioidentical thyroid hormones.
Thyroid hormone replacement is the only way to treat hypothyroidism.
Levothyroxine is typically used to treat hypothyroidism.
For many years, thyroid hormones taken from animals (mainly pigs) were used to treat hypothyroidism - and similar supplements are still sold today.