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Name
Levothyroxine Sodium
Alternate Names
Alti-Thyroxine
Eltroxin
Euthroid
Euthyrox
L-Thyroxine
L-Tyrosine
Levo-T
Levotabs
Levothroid
Levothyroxine
Levoxine
Levoxyl
Proloid
Sodium Levothyroxine
Synthroid
Synthrox
Thyroid USP
Thyrolar
Thyroxine
Thysin
Tirosint
Unithroid
Abbreviations
T4
Category
Hormones and hormonal mechanisms
Subcategory
NSC Number
None
Primary Site
Thyroid
Histology
None
Remarks
Synthroid should be coded as hormonal treatment for thyroid cancer. After thyroid surgery, the thyroid hormone medication levothyroxine (Levothroid, synthroid, etc) is 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.
This drug is more commonly used in patients with papillary, follicular carcinomas or one of their variants.
This drug is more commonly used in patients with papillary, follicular carcinomas or one of their variants.
Coding
This drug should be coded
