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BMC Medicine, 2022 Background The influence of maternal levothyroxine treatment during pregnancy remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the associations of maternal levothyroxine treatment during pregnancy with the birth and neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring.
Grace Mengqin Ge +8 more
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مجله كليه طب الكندي, 2023 Background: Hypothyroidism is the most abundant thyroid disorder worldwide. For decades, levothyroxine was the main effective pharmacological treatment for hypothyroidism. A variety of factors can influence levothyroxine dose, such as genetic variations.
Nada Hamid Rasheed +2 more
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Endocrine Connections, 2023 Context: In individuals with hypothyroidism and overweight, levothyroxine substitution therapy is often expected to cause weight loss due to its effect on resting energy expenditure.
Bjarke R Medici +10 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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Ankara Medical Journal, 2021 INTRODUCTION: We aimed to evaluate adherence and determine the factors that are related to adherence in patients on levothyroxine therapy. METHODS: Patients older than 18 years old and using levothyroxine for primary hypothyroidism were recruited ...
Ahmet Dirikoç +6 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Objective: To compare brain metabolism using [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in total thyroidectomy patients during hypothyroidism (levothyroxine withdrawal) or under recombinant human thyroid ...
Sílvia D. Almeida +6 more
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The ages and TSH values of patients being prescribed levothyroxine
Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020 Background: Levothyroxine is a commonly prescribed medication. Some data suggest that levothyroxine may be initiated for mild degrees of hypothyroidism and used without considering age-specific reference ranges or individual patient factors when ...
Jacqueline Jonklaas, Sameer DeSale
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The Influence of Health Literacy on the Control of Hypothyroidism in Patients Under Levothyroxine Treatment. [PDF]
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the association between health literacy levels and biochemical control of hypothyroidism, measured by serum TSH and free thyroxine (FT4) levels, in patients receiving levothyroxine (L‐T4) therapy. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional study at the Thyroid Disorders Outpatient Clinic, Escola Paulista de Medicina ...
Meneses JK +4 more
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Design of the Optimal Trial of Combination Therapy
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 Patients who take levothyroxine monotherapy to treat hypothyroidism frequently experience residual symptoms despite TSH testing at target levels. Trials have been conducted to evaluate the potential benefit of combination therapy with levothyroxine and ...
Anne R. Cappola
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Levothyroxine Dosage Determination According to Body Mass Index (BMI) After Total Thyroidectomy
Erciyes Medical Journal, 2019 Objective: Currently, postoperative thyroid hormone replacement dosing is weight-based with adjustments and made following Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) values, which may lead to delayed achievement of euthyroidism and failure in achieving an ...
Hemmat Maghsoudi +6 more
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