Ingestion of large amounts of papaya fruit and impaired effectiveness of levothyroxine therapy

Endocr Pract. 2012 Jan-Feb;18(1):98-100. doi: 10.4158/EP11233.CO.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carica / adverse effects*
  • Food-Drug Interactions
  • Goiter, Nodular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / complications*
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy*
  • Intestinal Absorption
  • Male
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Thyrotropin / blood
  • Thyroxine / blood
  • Thyroxine / pharmacokinetics
  • Thyroxine / therapeutic use*
  • Triiodothyronine / blood

Substances

  • Triiodothyronine
  • Thyrotropin
  • Thyroxine