The Claim
In adults with autoimmune thyroid disease and celiac autoimmunity, levothyroxine dosage requirements and body weight do not differ statistically significantly from those in adults with autoimmune thyroid disease without celiac autoimmunity.
What the research says
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Adults with autoimmune thyroid disease who also have celiac autoimmunity require the same dose of levothyroxine and have the same body weight as adults with autoimmune thyroid disease but without celiac autoimmunity.
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In adults with autoimmune thyroid disease and celiac autoimmunity, there is no statistically significant difference in levothyroxine dosage requirements or body weight compared to those without celiac autoimmunity, challenging the assumption that celiac autoimmunity consistently impairs thyroid hormone absorption.
Even when the immune system attacks the gut in people with celiac autoimmunity, the lining of the small intestine remains intact enough to absorb thyroid hormone medicine normally, so the dose needed and body weight stay the same as in people without this immune reaction.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Celiac autoimmunity in autoimmune thyroid disease is highly prevalent with a questionable impact
Scientists found that people with thyroid disease who also have celiac autoimmunity don’t need more thyroid medicine or weigh more than those without celiac autoimmunity. So, having celiac autoimmunity doesn’t always make thyroid medicine less effective.
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