Levothyroxine Teaching 887
Taught that Levothyroxine is a hormone used as a replacement or substitution therapy in diminished or absent thyroid function of many causes.
Reviewed November 2017
Reviewed for general reference only. Adapt to your patient, agency policy, and scope of practice.
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