Explore synthroid/levothyroxine. Discuss this medication, the importance of getting it reordered for your patient when they...
Explore synthroid/levothyroxine. Discuss this medication, the importance of getting it reordered for your patient when they are hospitalized, and side effects they might experience if they are not compliant. What is one situation where their dose may change?
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Answer - Synthroid / levothyroxine is a thyroid hormone medicine used to treat hypothyroidism disorder, myxedema or increase the level of thyroid hormone in body.
Levothyroxine are very beneficial for hospitalized patients especially the patients who diagnosed with severe hypothyroidism or myxedema coma conditions. It increase oxygen consumption rate and heat production rate and it also control metabolic activity of body tissues.
Generally side effects are nausea, anorexia, headache, weight loss, abdominal cramps, Tachycardia, sweating, diarrhea etc are seen.
If levothyroxine taking with blood thinner medicines such as warfarin, dose should be change because it cause Increase risk for bleeding.
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