Is Walnuts Safe with levothyroxine?
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Avoid consuming walnuts close to your levothyroxine dose; dosage adjustments may be necessary.
Why this interaction occurs
Walnuts may bind levothyroxine in the gastrointestinal tract and decrease its absorption.
Evidence
Evidence level: strong.
Data source
FDA Drug Label
Reported safety data
The FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS) has received 302,514 reports mentioning levothyroxine. This reflects reported cases involving the medication in general — not confirmed causation, and not specific to the levothyroxine + supplement combination on this page.
FAERS reports are voluntary and cannot prove that a drug caused an event. Do not use report counts to assess the safety of this specific drug-supplement pair.
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