Guest guest Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 What is the full medical name for T3? I don't mean cytomel, I think that's a brand. Thanks,Elyse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 >What is the full medical name for T3? I don't mean cytomel, I think that's >a brand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triiodothyronine Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 This is what I thought too Nick, but a pharmacy assistant told me it's Liothyronine. I looked it up and it says T3 for that too. Confusing. >What is the full medical name for T3? I don't mean cytomel, I think that's >a brand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triiodothyronine Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 >This is what I thought too Nick, but a pharmacy assistant told me it's >Liothyronine. > I looked it up and it says T3 for that too. Confusing. Different names for the same thing, different countries do that. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 ok, so both Triiodothyronine and Liothyronine are the same thing? >This is what I thought too Nick, but a pharmacy assistant told me it's >Liothyronine. > I looked it up and it says T3 for that too. Confusing. Different names for the same thing, different countries do that. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 What your body makes and the what the pharmacy sells are slightly different. Thyroxine, or 3,5,3',5'-tetraiodothyronine (often abbreviated as T4), is found in your body. But you buy levothyroxine sodium, a synthetic version, when you buy Synthroid. Likewise, your body makes triiodothyronine (T3), but you buy Liothyronine sodium, which is the L-isomer of triiodothyronine with a sodium molecule attached, when you buy Cytomel. Barb > > > > >This is what I thought too Nick, but a pharmacy assistant told me it's > > >Liothyronine. > > > I looked it up and it says T3 for that too. Confusing. > > > > Different names for the same thing, different countries do that. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.