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Concurrent Milk Ingestion Decreases Absorption of Levothyroxine [PDF]

open access: yesThyroid, 2018
BACKGROUND:Levothyroxine is the most commonly prescribed medication in the United States. Many foods and medications, including calcium supplements, can interfere with levothyroxine absorption.
Angela M Leung, Leungangela M
exaly   +2 more sources

Levothyroxine Poisoning

Pediatrics, 1985
To the Editor.— We read the recent report by Lehrner and Weir1 of acute levothyroxine ingestions with concern. Advocacy of an aggressive approach disregards their own cases as well as the medical literature,2-5 Which contains at least seven cases of acute excessive ingestion of levothyroxine (five of which were overlooked by the authors).
J D, White, T L, Litovitz
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Unusual Malabsorption of Levothyroxine

Thyroid, 2000
We report a 50-year-old woman, with overt hypothyroidism undergoing thyrotropin (TSH)-stimulating hormone suppressive levothyroxine (LT4) treatment after subtotal thyroidectomy. At her first visit to our department, the laboratory results revealed a borderline low free thyroxine (FT4) level accompanied by a clearly elevated TSH level.
B, Jauk   +6 more
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Levothyroxine Prescription

JAMA, 2014
Importance Rates of thyroid hormone prescribing in the United States and the United Kingdom have increased substantially. If some of the increase is due to lowering the thyrotropin threshold for treatment, this may result in less benefit and greater harm.
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Replacement Doses of Levothyroxine

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1982
Excerpt To the editor: We read with interest the article by Rosenbaum and Barzel on levothyroxine replacement doses for primary hypothyroidism (1).
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