When the thyroid gland does not produce enough hormones to meet the body’s needs, the person suffers hypothyroidism. This pathology must be controlled by a doctor and supplemented by drugs such as levothyroxine.
According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), levothyroxine is a drug that mimics the natural hormone produced by the thyroid gland and is used in the treatment of various diseases and disorders that can affect it.
However, according to a report in the journal Neurología Viguera, there are new drug interactions that can alter the blood concentrations of this drug or the tests that monitor hormone levels, so the patient’s health may be affected.
THE biotinalso known as vitamin B7 or B8 or vitamin H, it alters and falsifies the results of these analytical thyroid tests, as it shows too high or too low values, which can lead the specialist to make an inappropriate adjustment of the levothyroxine dose.
Therefore, it is recommended that those taking thyroid hormones and biotin simultaneously, in the form of drugs, multivitamins or dietary supplements, be aware of this so that specialists seek alternative analytical tests that are not impaired.
Source: Clarin
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