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Importance of right communication with healthcare providers and patients about the new levothyroxine formulation: an expert opinion from Asia Pacific Thyroid Advisory Board

Published:2024-08-07 Issue:9 Volume:40 Page:1533-1536
ISSN:0300-7995
Container-title:Current Medical Research and Opinion
language:en
Short-container-title:Current Medical Research and Opinion

Author:

Razvi Salman¹,Nicodemus Nemencio²,Ratnasingam Jeyakantha³,Arundhati Dasgupta⁴,Soh Wah Ek Abel⁵,Kunavisarut Tada⁶,Zufry Hendra⁷,Chaudhari Harshal⁸,Markova Alina⁹

Affiliation:

1. Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

2. Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila-College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

3. Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4. Department of Endocrinology, Rudraksh Superspeciality Care Hospital, Siliguri, West Bengal, India

5. Abel Soh Diabetes, Thyroid and Endocrine Clinic, Singapore

6. Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand;

7. Department of Internal Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala/Dr Zainoel Abidin Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

8. Merck Specialities Pvt. Ltd. Vikroli (E), Mumbai, India

9. Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03007995.2024.2378984

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