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Levothyroxine Prescription Error: A Case Report

Levothyroxine (LT) is the synthetic form of thyroxine (T4), a thyroid hormone analog used to treat hypothyroidism. LT overdose rarely results in severely poor outcomes. General guidelines for treating exogenous thyrotoxicosis depend on the severity of symptoms. There is no standardized protocol; how...

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Autores principales: Valentine, Michael J, Kramer, Hunter D, Kim, James, Pettinelli, Nicholas J, Beers, Robert J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10558181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37809152
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44787