levothyroxine absorption may depend on gastric acidity
June 2006
Preliminary evidence suggests that levothyroxine absorption may depend on gastric acidity.
Patients who don't produce enough acid...or are taking omeprazole...seem to need about a 25% higher dose of levothyroxine.
We already know that many antacids can bind levothyroxine and reduce its absorption. Patients can usually get around this by separating the doses by 4 hours.
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