Thyroxine is one of the most widely used drugs all over the world. Normally
thyroid hormones are used in the treatment of hypothyroidism or goiter, but cases of
drug overdose have been frequently reported (thyrotoxicosis factitia). This chapter will
focus on the prevalence, consequences and the treatment of the thyrotoxicosis factitia,
as a complication of inappropriate L- thyroxine treatment for obesity, following the
ingestion of beef contaminated with thyroid gland and after accidental thyroid hormone
ingestion.
Keywords: Intoxication, overdose ingestion, thyroid hormones, thyrotoxicosis
factitia, treatment.
