Talk:Thyroid hormone

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This article was produced from a merge of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. tb 00:44, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

This was then merged with the existing article at thyroid hormones. (Note the s.) tb 01:06, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Absorbed well by the "gut"? That sounds a bit colloquial. I'm changing it to "digestive system".

  1. I've been told that the word is used in medicine. I'm reverting my change.

'Gut' is perfectly acceptable medical/anatomical terminology for the upper and lower bowels, and more accurate here than 'digestive system' which includes the orophrarynx from which the thyroid hormones aren't absorbed. Kay Dekker 18:26, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Thyroglobulin?

I think the page on Thyroglobulin could useuflly be absorbed here as well.Midgley 01:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Other uses?

I was perscribed this as a way to boost the effectiveness of an SSRI. Does anyone know much about this practice and how it works? — Soupisgoodfood 14:23, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mispelling?

iodothyronamineagafdg I think this is mispelled, but I don't know what is correct. Anybody else know? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jasonco (talk • contribs) 01:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Merger

It has been suggested that triiodothyronine be merged into thyroid hormone. I believe they should not be merged. We have a rule at WP:CHEM - one article per chemical compound. Triiodothyronine is a single compound and thus should remain a separate article from thyroxine.

The thyroid hormone article is fine, but there should be separate articles for each of the compounds mentioned - there needs to be a chembox for each one, where data such as molecular formula are available.

Ben 23:05, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree - I don't think the articles should be merged. --Arcadian 23:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)