Name

Liothyronine Sodium

Alternate Names

Basoprocin
Cynomel
Cyronine
Cytomel
Ibiothyron
L-Triiodothyronine
LT3
Tertroxin
Thyrolar
Triostat

Abbreviations

None

Category

Hormones and hormonal mechanisms

Subcategory

Thyroid hormone--suppresses TSH

NSC Number

80774

Primary Site

None

Histology

None

Remarks

This drug should be coded as hormonal treatment for thyroid cancer. After thyroid surgery, the thyroid hormone medication such as cytomel and synthroid are prescribed often for life. This drug has two benefits: it supplies the missing hormone the thyroid would normally produce, and it suppresses the production of thyroid-simulating hormone (TSH) from the pituitary gland. High TSH levels could conceivably stimulate any remaining cancer cells to grow.

Coding

This drug should be coded
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