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Can carbamazepine make thyroid function test results look spuriously abnormal?

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Endocrinology · Boston University Geriatric Services
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Carbamazepine can also displace thyroid hormone from binding proteins. Although in the short term this might transiently increase free T4 (with a reciprocal decrease in TSH), thyroid function tests should normalize once an equilibrium is achieved. In some assays that rely on dilution of the sample, ...

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