Thyroid hormones therapy: a review of their effects in the treatment of psychiatric and medical conditions

Hani Raoul Khouzam; Peter Michael Weiser; Robert Emes; Tirath Gill; Roy Raroque

doi:10.1007/s12019-004-0011-5

Thyroid hormones therapy: a review of their effects in the treatment of psychiatric and medical conditions

Compr Ther. 2004 Fall-Winter;30(3):148-54. doi: 10.1007/s12019-004-0011-5.

Authors

Hani Raoul Khouzam¹, Peter Michael Weiser, Robert Emes, Tirath Gill, Roy Raroque

Affiliation

¹ Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System, Fresno, CA 93703-2286, USA.

PMID: 15793314
DOI: 10.1007/s12019-004-0011-5

Abstract

Although thyroid hormones are indicated for hypothyroidism, their therapeutic benefit in treating other medical and psychiatric conditions has not been adequately studied. We review the use of thyroid hormones in treating psychiatric and medical conditions in the euthyroid patients.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antipsychotic Agents / pharmacology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Humans
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiology
Hypothyroidism / complications
Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
Mental Disorders / drug therapy*
Mental Disorders / etiology
Thyroid Gland / drug effects
Thyroid Gland / physiology
Thyroid Hormones / therapeutic use*

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Thyroid Hormones