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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2020

L-T4 Therapy in the Presence of Pharmacological Interferents.

Salvatore Benvenga

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Salvatore BenvengaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmacological interference on L-thyroxine (L-T4) therapy can be exerted at several levels, namely from the hypothalamus/pituitary through the intestine, where the absorption of exogenous L-T4 takes place. A number of medications interfere with L-T4 therapy, some of them also being the cause of hypothyroidism. The clinician should be aware that some medications simply affect thyroid function tests with no need of modifying the dose of L-T4 that the patient was taking prior to their prescription. Usually, the topic of pharmacological interference on L-T4 therapy addresses the patient with primary hypothyroidism, in whom periodic measurement of serum thyrotropin (TSH) is the biochemical target. However, this minireview also addresses the patient with central hypothyroidism, in whom the biochemical target is serum free thyroxine (FT4). This minireview also addresses two additional topics. One is the costs associated with frequent monitoring of the biochemical target when L-T4 is taken simultaneously with the interfering drug. The second topic is the issue of metabolic/cardiovascular complications associated with undertreated hypothyroidism.

Indexed as

Drug InteractionsHumansHypothyroidismThyroid Function TestsThyroid HormonesThyroxineThyroid HormonesThyroxinecardiovascular complicationshypothyroidismlevothyroxinemetabolic complicationspharmacological interferents

Identifiers

PMID33414765
PMCPMC7783463
OpenAlexW3113848700

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