Interaction between levothyroxine and calcium carbonate

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-

  Mazokopakis, Elias E ^a,c   Giannakopoulos, Triantafillos G ^a   Starakis, Ioannis K ^b  

^a Naval Hospital of Crete   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c Iroon Polytechniu 38A   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LABORATORY TEST; OSTEOPENIA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTACIDS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 38849209001     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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