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Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2023 Background We examined the association between levothyroxine use and longitudinal MRI biomarkers for thigh muscle mass and composition in at-risk participants for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and their mediatory role in subsequent KOA incidence.
Bahram Mohajer +6 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with chronic use of levothyroxine: A cohort study.
PLoS ONE, 2021 ImportanceLevothyroxine prescriptions are rising worldwide. However, there are few data on factors associated with chronic use.ObjectiveTo assess the prevalence of chronic levothyroxine use, its rank among other chronic drugs and factors associated with ...
Camilla Janett-Pellegri +10 more
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Levothyroxine Therapy in Thyrodectomized Patients
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 Administration of the optimal dose of levothyroxine (LT4) is crucial to restore euthyroidism after total thyroidectomy. An insufficient or excessive dosage may result in hypothyroidism or thyrotoxicosis, either one associated with a number of symptoms ...
Paolo Miccoli +2 more
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Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2021 Our study aimed to describe levothyroxine prescription patterns and trends over time among pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) in the United Kingdom.
Ya‐Hui Yu +5 more
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Hyperfiltration and Metabolism Before and After a Low-Calorie, Pre-Gastric Bypass Surgery Diet: Significance for Concentrations of Hydrophilic and Lipophilic Drugs. [PDF]
Basic Clin Pharmacol ToxicolABSTRACT Psychotropic drug concentrations increase/decrease with hydrophilicity/lipophilicity after a low‐calorie pre‐bariatric surgery diet. To investigate underlying mechanisms, body weight and serum creatinine/cystatin C changes over the diet period were characterized and suggested to reflect changes in glomerular filtration and metabolic capacity ...
Axelsson MAB, Wallerstedt SM.
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Intravenous Levothyroxine for Unstable Brain-Dead Heart Donors.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 BACKGROUND Hemodynamic instability and myocardial dysfunction are major factors preventing the transplantation of hearts from organ donors after brain death.
R. Dhar +8 more
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Medications and Food Interfering with the Bioavailability of Levothyroxine: A Systematic Review
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2023 Purpose Levothyroxine is a common prescribed drug. Many medications and food, however, can interfere with its bioavailability. The aim of this review was to summarize the medications, food and beverages that interact with levothyroxine and to assess ...
Hanqing Liu +6 more
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Biomedicines, 2023 Background: Fatigue is a common symptom in hypothyroidism; however, the effect of levothyroxine on fatigue has been little studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of levothyroxine on fatigue in Latino patients with primary ...
María Guadalupe Ruíz-Pacheco +11 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2023 Objectives This study investigated the effects of levothyroxine replacement therapy on insulin resistance, lipid profile, and thyroid function in patients with untreated primary hypothyroidism.
Alireza Ostadrahimi +6 more
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Levothyroxine: Conventional and Novel Drug Delivery Formulations
Endocrine reviews, 2022 Although levothyroxine is one of the most prescribed medications in the world, its bioavailability has been reported to be impaired by many factors, including interfering drugs or foods and concomitant diseases, and persistent hypothyroidism with a high ...
Hanqing Liu +4 more
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