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Study suggests that a liquid LT4 formulation can be ingested directly at breakfast

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"The TICO study suggests that a liquid LT4 formulation can be ingested directly at breakfast, thus potentially improving therapeutic compliance. This observation is of considerable clinical relevance, since non-adherence to LT4 therapy requirements is more likely to cause variability in serum TSH concentrations."

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Realturbo, liquid thyroxine is rarely prescribed as it is very expensive compared to Levothyroxine tablets. It's only likely to be prescribed to patients allergic to the fillers in Levothyroxine tablets.

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realturbo in reply to Clutter

That;s true Clutter, I wonder if the same conclusion might apply to taking LT4 in tablet form...

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