Comparing Thyroid Desiccated vs Tirosint
| Thyroid desiccated | Tirosint (levothyroxine) |
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Prescription only
Prescribed for Hashimoto's disease, Underactive Thyroid, TSH Suppression, Hypothyroidism - After Thyroid Removal, Thyroid Cancer, Depression. Thyroid desiccated may also be used for purposes not... View more |
Prescription only
Prescribed for Hashimoto's disease, Underactive Thyroid, Hypothyroidism - After Thyroid Removal, TSH Suppression, Myxedema Coma, Thyroid Suppression Test. Tirosint may also be used for purposes not... View more |
Related suggestions Underactive Thyroid (Hypothyroidism)
Hashimoto's disease (Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis)
Hypothyroidism, After Thyroid Removal (Hypothyroidism, Post-Thyroidectomy)
TSH Suppression
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Thyroid desiccated has an average rating of 5.4 out of 10 from a total of 636 ratings on Drugs.com. 42% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 44% reported a negative effect. |
Tirosint has an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 from a total of 140 ratings on Drugs.com. 57% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 29% reported a negative effect. |
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| Side Effects Experienced by Users Side effects are reported in Drugs.com user reviews and not clinically verified. | |||||||||||||||||
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Lower cost generic |
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| APur Thyroid, Armour Thyroid, Bio-Throid, Nature-Throid, Niva Thyroid, NP Thyroid, Thyroid Porcine, Westhroid, WP Thyroid View more | Other levothyroxine brands include: Eltroxin, Ermeza, Euthyrox, Eutroxsig, Evotrox, Levo-T, Levolet, Levoxyl, Novothyrox, Synthroid, Thyquidity, Tirosint-Sol, Unithroid View more | ||||||||||||||||
| Half Life Drug half-life is the time required for plasma concentration to reduce to half its original value. | |||||||||||||||||
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168 hours |
240 hours |
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| CSA Schedule 1 View glossary of CSA terms | |||||||||||||||||
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Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Category A
Studies show no risk
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Category A
Studies show no risk
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
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A total of 233 drugs are known to interact with Thyroid desiccated:
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A total of 239 drugs are known to interact with Tirosint:
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N/A |
October 13, 2006 |
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N/A |
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1 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
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Armour Thyroid
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Tirosint
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Euthyrox
Euthyrox (levothyroxine) is used to treat hypothyroidism and to treat or prevent goiter. Includes ...
NP Thyroid
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Lenvima
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Levoxyl
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Cytomel
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