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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Hormonal agents, Hormone, Prohormone, Desiccated thyroid extract, Somatostatin, Octreotide, Selective androgen receptor modulator, Levothyroxine, Hormone imbalance, Lanreotide, Antiandrogen, Desmopressin, Ostarine, Tetracosactide, Trilostane, Danazol, Selective progesterone receptor modulator, BMS-564,929, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, Tolvaptan, Tibolone, S-40503, 1,4,6-Androstatrien-3,17-dione, LGD-2226, Conivaptan, Fertility medication, Andarine, Corticotropin-releasing factor family, Somatotropin family, Asoprisnil, CDB-4124, LGD-3303, S-23, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue, AC-262,356, Mozavaptan, Motilin family, Relcovaptan, Satavaptan, Antiestrogen, Neurohypophysial hormone, Gastrin family, Urofollitropin, Parathyroid hormone family, Non-tropic hormone, Gonadotropin-releasing hormone family, Saliva hormone testing, Somatostatin family, Serostim, Peptide PHI, Placental lactogen, Repronex, Hormone antagonist, Prehormone. Excerpt: Desiccated thyroid or thyroid extract, refers to porcine (or mixed beef and pork) thyroid glands, dried and powdered for therapeutic use. As an animal product, it is not suitable for use by vegetarians. Some religious dietary laws object to the use of pork products as well, although exceptions are sometimes made for medicinal uses. Pork (or mixed beef and pork) thyroid preparations were developed in the late 19th century, and are still used today to treat hypothyroidism, the condition of having an underactive thyroid gland. This product is sometimes referred to as "natural thyroid," "natural thyroid hormones," "pork thyroid," thyroid USP, thyroid BP, or by the name of a commercial brand, such as "Armour Thyroid." Desiccated thyroid has been described in the United States Pharmacopoeia for nearly a century as the cleaned, dried, and powdered thyroid gland previously dep...
