Papers
Drug points: Interaction of thyroxine sodium with antimalarial drugs
BMJ 1997; 314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.314.7094.1593 (Published 31 May 1997) Cite this as: BMJ 1997;314:1593
- Y Muneraa,
- F C Huguesa,
- C Le Jeunnea,
- J F Paysa
- a Laennec Hospital, 75340 Paris Cedex 7, France
Every year over 25 million non-immune people visit areas of the world where the prevalence of malaria is high. AlthoughPlasmodium falciparum is resistant to the combination of chloroquine and proguanil, this type of prophylaxis is still common. To date, few adverse side effects and hardly any drug interactions have been described with these drugs. We report a case of interaction between thyroxine sodium and chloroquine and proguanil.
A 52 year old white woman, who had no history of medical illness except for hypothyroidism, which was …