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drug interaction(s) of levothyroxine with proton pump inhibitors
Drug interactions:
- proton pump inhibitors may inhibit absorption of levothyroxine in tablet form [1]
- switching to oral solution corrects impaired absorption
Properties
DRUGS: levothyroxine
proton pump inhibitor
References
- Vita R et al.
Switching levothyroxine from the tablet to the oral solution
formulation corrects the impaired absorption of levothyroxine
induced by proton-pump inhibitors.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 Dec; 99:4481
PMID: 25259910
http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/jc.2014-2684