How dangerous is levothyroxine?
Warnings for people with certain health conditions. For people with heart problems: Levothyroxine can increase your risk of serious heart problems, such as heart attack, abnormal heart rhythm, and heart failure. This risk is increased if you’ve already had these problems.
What is Synthroid used for?
Levothyroxine is used to treat an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). It replaces or provides more thyroid hormone, which is normally produced by the thyroid gland. Low thyroid hormone levels can occur naturally or when the thyroid gland is injured by radiation/medications or removed by surgery.
What kind of medication can I give my Cat for thyroid?
If you opt for drug treatment for your cat, your vet prescribes methimazole, marketed under the brand names Felimazole and Tapazole. If your cat is sensitive to the drug, it’s obvious within a month of beginning treatment.
What does it mean when a cat has hyperthyroidism?
Hyperthyroidism results when the thyroid gland over-produces thyroid hormones. It’s the most common endocrine disease of cats older than 8-years-old. (An endocrine disease is a disease of the organs that make and secrete hormones.)
Where can I get a thyroid profile for my Cat?
The Clinical Pathology section is located in the Veterinary Medical Center on the main MSU campus. All other laboratory sections are in the MSU VDL facility located south of the main campus. In a cat with appropriate clinical signs of hyperthyroidism, a first step would be to perform a feline thyroid profile.
Why does my cat have two thyroid glands in his neck?
Your cat has two thyroid glands in his neck. Hyperthyroidism, or too much of the thyroid hormone circulating in his body, usually occurs because of a benign tumor growing on the gland. Mostly affecting older felines, hyperthyroidism causes symptoms including weight loss, constant hunger, unkempt appearance and lots of drinking and urinating.
Is there an FDA approved drug for hyperthyroidism in cats?
For years, there was no methimazole product approved to treat hyperthyroidism in cats in the United States. Veterinarians had to rely on methimazole products approved for people, which they prescribed in an extra-label manner in cats. ( Extra-label means using an approved human or animal drug in a way that isn’t listed on the drug’s labeling.
What causes anesthesia and hyperthyroidism in cats?
Anesthesia Hyperthyroidism is a common disease in cats, and mostly afflicts cats middle-aged and older. Also called thyrotoxicosis, hyperthyroidism is caused by an increase in production of thyroid hormones (known as T3 and T4) from an enlarged thyroid gland in a cat’s neck.
Hyperthyroidism results when the thyroid gland over-produces thyroid hormones. It’s the most common endocrine disease of cats older than 8-years-old. (An endocrine disease is a disease of the organs that make and secrete hormones.)
What happens if you give your dog thyroid medication?
Overdoses can cause life-threatening decreases in blood pressure and a very slow heart rate. Pets — especially dogs — get underactive thyroids too. Interestingly, the dose of thyroid hormone needed to treat dogs is much higher than a person’s dose. Therefore, if dogs accidentally get into thyroid hormones at home, it rarely results in problems.
