The nurse is taking care of a patient who has hypothyroid disease. What category medications would the nurse anticipate be ordered?

A. Replacement: Hypothyroidism is typically treated with hormone replacement therapy, such as levothyroxine, to compensate for the deficient thyroid hormone. B. Curative: There is no cure for hypothyroidism, so curative therapy is not applicable. Treatment focuses on managing symptoms through hormone replacement. C. Prophylactic: Prophylactic medications are used to prevent disease or conditions. This is not applicable to the treatment of hypothyroidism. D. Palliative: Palliative care focuses on relieving symptoms in serious illness without curing the disease. However, hypothyroidism is managed with replacement therapy, not palliative care.