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what the risks are triiodothyronine, t3 radioimmunoassay, test that measures the amount, t3 hormone, in the blood, blood is drawn, a vein, by capillary puncture, finger prick, health care provider, advise to withhold drugs, affect the test, "special considerations", the needle is inserted to draw blood, feel moderate pain, others feel only a prick, stinging sensation, some throbbing, t3 is measured, thyroid function evaluation, the thyroid hormone made, in the thyroid, in the form of t4, body's cells convert the t4 to t3, more active hormone, useful to measure both t4, t3, looking at thyroid function, cases of hyperthyroidism, t4 normal but t3, elevated, the t4, t3, in the body is attached to proteins, in the blood, proteins serve, carriers, t3 test measures both the t3 that is bound, proteins, t3 that is "free" floating, in the blood, free fraction, hormone that is active, conditions that increase the levels, the carrier proteins, pregnancy, liver disease, falsely raise the t3 level, in these cases, useful to measure either the free t3 level, perform the rt3u test, gives a measure, carrier protein, t4, t3, important hormones, in the regulation of metabolism, exact mechanisms, not understood, known that t4 increases the concentrations of numerous enzymes involved, in the production of energy, 100 to 200 ng/dl, nanograms per deciliter, greater-than-normal levels, hyperthyroidism, graves' disease, t3 thyrotoxicosis, rare, thyroiditis, thyroid cancer, rare, lower-than-normal levels, chronic illness, hypothyroidism, hashimoto's disease, starvation, additional conditions under which the test performed, painless, silent, thyroiditis, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, toxic nodular goiter only risks, the test is those minor risks associated, having blood drawn, drugs, increase t3 measurements include clofibrate, estrogens, methadone, oral contraceptives, drugs, decrease t3 measurements include anabolic steroids, androgens, antithyroid drugs, propylthiouracil, lithium, phenytoin, propranolol.