A 35-year-old member asked:
does synthroid (thyroxine) interact with iodine?
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Dr. Donald Colantino answered
Internal Medicine 61 years experience
Indirectly: If the original cause of underactive thyroid was a lack of iodine, then taking iodine will increase thyroid function and may probably make the synthroid (thyroxine) unneeded and make the thyroid function overactive.Otherwise there are no other interactions listed between synthroid (thyroxine) and iodine.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Does Synthroid (thyroxine) contain iodine?
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Dr. Mahmoud Shoib answered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Yes: Yes its necessary for it to function.
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