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    Nov 4, 2007, 04:47 PM
    Thyroid
    I am trying to find out if levothyroxine comes from pig, or is it 100% natural.
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    Nov 4, 2007, 04:48 PM
    Nope, it neither comes from a pig nor is it 100% natural.

    Levothyroxine is a synthetic (man-made) version of the principle thyroid hormone, thyroxine (T4), that is made and released by the thyroid gland.

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