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Article: Raloxifene May Block L-Thyroxine Absorption. (Take the Drugs at Different Times).
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- OB GYN News
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- October 1, 2001
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SAN ANTONIO - Patients taking raloxifene and L-thyroxine should be advised not to take the two drugs at the same time, Dr. Elias S. Siraj said at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
Dr. Siraj of the Cleveland Clinic reported the case of a 79-year-old woman who required increasing doses of L-thyroxine to manage her symptoms of hypothyroidism after initiating raloxifene therapy. Her case and a subsequent study documented malabsorption of L-throuxine when the drug was taken at the same time as raloxifene. Taking the two drugs at different times of the day did not impair L-thyroxine absorption.
The patient's primary ...