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Use Of Soy Protein Supplement And Resultant Need For Increased Dose Of Levothyroxine

Bell, David S.H., Montanya, Eduard·2001·Endocrine Practice

Abstract

Objective To report a case of difficulty in achieving suppressive serum levels of thyroid hormone because of malabsorption of exogenous levothyroxine attributable to daily ingestion in close temporal relationship to the intake of a soy protein-containing food supplement.Methods We present the relevant history and laboratory data of the current case and provide supportive documentation from the literature.Results A 45-year-old woman who had hypothyroidism after a near-total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine ablative therapy for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid required unusually high oral doses of levothyroxine to achieve suppressive serum levels of free thyroxine (T(4)) and thyrotropin (thyroid-stimulating hormone or TSH). She had routinely been taking a "soy cocktail" protein supplement immediately after her levothyroxine. Temporal separation of the intake of the soy protein cocktail from the administration of the levothyroxine resulted in attainment of suppressive serum levels of free T(4) and TSH with use of lower doses of levothyroxine.Conclusion Administration of levothyroxine concurrently with a soy protein dietary supplement results in decreased absorption of levothyroxine and the need for higher oral doses of levothyroxine to attain therapeutic serum thyroid hormone levels.

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Authors
Bell, D. S. H., & Montanya, E.
Affiliations
University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Corresponding author
Bell, David S.H.
Venue
Endocrine Practice
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2001-05
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
193-194
ISSN
1530-891X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1992094005
Cited by
124
References
9
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FWCI
3.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Endocrine Practice (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Keywords
levothyroxine, drug malabsorption, hypothyroidism, thyroid hormone suppression, free thyroxine, thyroid-stimulating hormone, papillary thyroid carcinoma, thyroidectomy, radioiodine therapy, dose adjustment
MeSH terms
Absorption, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Thyrotropin, Thyroxine, Dietary Supplements, Soybean Proteins

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