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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATIONT hese highlights do not include all the information needed to use Synthroid safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for (levothyroxine sodium) tablets, for oral useInitial Approval: 2002 WARNING: NOT FOR TREATMENT OF OBESITY OR FOR WEIGHT LOSSSee full prescribing information for complete boxed warning Thyroid hormones, including Synthroid should not be used for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss. Doses beyond therange of daily hormonal requirements may produce serious or even life threatening manifestations of toxicity (6, 10).INDICATIONS AND USAGESYNTHROID is levothyroxine sodium (T4) indicated for: Hypothyroidism: As replacement therapy in primary (thyroidal), secondary (pituitary), and tertiary (hypothalamic) congenital or acquired hypothyroidism. (1) Pituitary Thyrotropin (Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, TSH) Suppression: As an adjunct to surgery and radioiodine therapy in the management of thyrotropin-dependent well-differentiated thyroid cancer.
FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION WARNING: NOT FOR TREATMENT OF OBESITY OR FOR WEIGHT LOSS Thyroid hormones, including SYNTHROID, either alone or …
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