FDA Acts to Ensure Thyroid Drugs Dont Lose Potency Before Expiration Date
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 3, 2007--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tightening the potency specifications for levothyroxine sodium, used to treat underactive thyroid glands and other thyroid conditions, to ensure the drug retains its potency over its entire shelf...
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FDA Finds Consumers Continue to Buy Potentially Risky Drugs Over the Internet
...example is amoxicillin and other antibiotics that should not be used for self treatment to reduce the risk of antibiotic-resistant infections. Levothyroxine, a thyroid replacement hormone, also requires close monitoring to ensure effective treatment. Another blood thinner, clopidogrel, may pose...
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King Pharmaceuticals Reports First-Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...anticipates that net sales of this product should more closely reflect prescription demand beginning in the second quarter of 2009. LEVOXYL® (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP) net sales totaled $20 million during the first quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared to $16 million during the first...
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King Pharmaceuticals Reports First-Quarter 2008 Financial Results
...is primarily due to the fact that the Company did not acquire AVINZA(R) until February 26, 2007 and is not due to an increase in demand. LEVOXYL(R) (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP) net sales totaled $16 million during the first quarter ended March 31, 2008, compared to $22 million during the first...
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King Pharmaceuticals Reports Year-End and Fourth-Quarter 2006 Financial Results
...December 31, 2006, compared to $25 million during the fourth quarter and $83 million during the twelve months ended December 31, 2005. LEVOXYL(R) (levothyroxine sodium tablets, USP) net sales totaled $27 million during the fourth quarter and $112 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, compared...
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See also: Hashimoto's disease, Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal, Myxedema Coma, Thyroid Suppression Test, TSH Suppression, Underactive Thyroid

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