Description
L-Thyroxine is the thyroid hormone T4, normally secreted by the thyroid gland. L-Thyroxine decreases thyroid size and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels and is used clinically to treat goiter and hypothyroidism.
References
Gullo D, Latina A, Frasca F, et al. Levothyroxine monotherapy cannot guarantee euthyroidism in all athyreotic patients. PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e22552. PMID: 21829633.
Svensson J, Ericsson UB, Nilsson P, et al. Levothyroxine treatment reduces thyroid size in children and adolescents with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 May;91(5):1729-34. PMID: 16507633.