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Values for Patients Receiving USP Thyroid

Robert Penny, MD; S. Douglas Frasier, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1980;134(1):16-18.

Abstract
• Serum concentrations of thyroxine (T₄), triiodothyronine (T₃), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) were measured for 14 hypothyroid patients while they were receiving USP desiccated thyroid and after six weeks of therapy with comparable doses of levothyroxine sodium (Na-l-thyroxine). Therapy with USP thyroid caused supraphysiologic elevations in the concentration of T₃ in 13 patients. Treatment with levothyroxine resulted in serum concentrations of T₃ that were within the range of normal. We believe the preferable therapy for hypothyroidism is levothyroxine.

(Am J Dis Child 134:16-18, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine (Drs Penny and Frasier), Los Angeles; and the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center (Drs Penny and Frasier), Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, 1801 Marengo St, 2G11, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (Dr Penny).

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