Intestinal adsorption of levothyroxine by antacids and laxatives: Case stories and in vitro experiments

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 107-109

  Mersebach, Henriette ^a   Rasmussen, Åse Krogh ^a   Kirkegaard, Lisbeth ^a   Feldt Rasmussen, Ulla ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NOVALUZID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032990116     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1999.tb00883.x     Document Type: Article

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