Clinical Study

Thyroid Hormone Profile in Patients Ingesting Soft Gel Capsule or Liquid Levothyroxine Formulations with Breakfast

Table 1

Breakfast composition and concomitant drug treatment of the patients in the study.

PatientGenderAgeBreakfastConcomitant drug(s) assumed at breakfast

1F54TeaCalcium
2F60Milk
3F44Tea
4M53Coffee & yogurt
5F68Coffee & biscuits & yogurt
6M55Coffee & yogurt
7F60CappuccinoPPI
8F47Cappuccino & biscuits
9F43Coffee & biscuits
10F51Cappuccino & fibres
11M40Tea & biscuits
12F46Coffee & fibres & yogurt
13F35Coffee & milk & fibresIron
14F51Cappuccino & orange juice
15F59Coffee & milk & fibresPPI
16F61Tea & yogurt
17M51Coffee & soya milk & fibresCalcium
18F55Coffee & yogurtCalcium
19F44Coffee & milk & fibres & biscuits
20F49Coffee & biscuitsCalcium
21F27Cappuccino & biscuits
22F36Coffee & biscuits
23F55Milk & biscuits & fibres
24F66Orange juicePPI
25F64Fibres & fruits
26F69Milk & biscuits
27F29Orange juice
28F34Cappuccino
29F55Cappuccino & biscuits
30F59Coffee & biscuits
31F46Coffee
32F60Coffee & biscuitsCalcium-PPI
33M53Tea & biscuits & yogurt
34F40Cappuccino & biscuits
35F24Tea & biscuits
36F48Coffee & milk & fibres
37M45Coffee & biscuits
38F47Coffee & fibres & yogurtPPI
39F40Coffee
40F30Tea & biscuits
41F42Milk
42F43Milk & biscuits
43F36Milk & biscuits
44F47Cappuccino & biscuitsCalcium
45F53Milk & fibres
46F56Milk
47F24Orange juice & biscuits & fibres
48F54Coffee & biscuits
49F41Tea & biscuits
50F41Tea
51F49Milk & fibres
52F43Tea & fibres
53F25Coffee
54F65Coffee & biscuitsCalcium
55M65Soya milk & biscuitsPPI
56F53Cappuccino & biscuits
57M45Tea
58F43Coffee & biscuitsPPI
59F49Cappuccino & biscuits
60M37Tea & orange juice

PPI: proton pump inhibitors.