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Thyrotropin Alfa

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Indications

  • Detection of thyroid remnants and thyroid cancer in post-thyroidectomy patients, together with serum thyroglobulin testing (with or without radioiodine imaging), To increase radio-iodine uptake

Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available
🤱Breastfeeding guidance available

Cautions

alfa Presence of thyroglobulin autoantibodies may give false negative results...

Side Effects

alfa Common or very common Asthenia; dizziness; headache; nausea; vomiting Uncommon Chills; diarrhoea; feeling hot; fever; flushing; hypersensitivity; influenza; influenza like illness; pain; paraesth...

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Brand Names

Thyrogen(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)
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Source: MedNext Audited Proprietary Dataset

Last reviewed: 2026

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