Use of a pharmacological indicator to monitor compliance with thyroxine
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
- Vol. 35 (3) , 327-329
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00558274
Abstract
Poor compliance with medication is often suspected, but difficult to confirm. The compliance of fourteen newly diagnosed hypothryroid patients was assessed using both TSH levels and low-dose phenobarbitone as a pharmacological marker. The study confirms the value of phenobarbitone as an indicator of compliance over a protracted period and suggests that it could be used to differentiate under-treatment from poor compliance.Keywords
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