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metoclopramide and thyroid

Some advise on the relationship

Metoclopramide is used to relieve nausea and vomiting; heartburn, stomach pain, and bloating; and a persistent feeling of fullness after meals.

medications that can interfere with thyroid function testing

Dopamine agonists and similar agents can acutely suppress thyrotropin levels to lower-than-normal but detectable In patients with true hyperthyroidism, thyrotropin levels are often undetectable. Amphetamines also transiently increase dopamine release for between 1 and 3 weeks. Although a typical antipsychotic agents (such as quetiapine fumarate) possess dopamine-blocking effects, no changes in thyrotropin levels have been reported.

Patients who are taking these medications over long periods do not have sustained reductions in thyrotropin levels, and hyperthyroidism does not develop. Similarly, dopamine antagonists, such as metoclopramide hydrochloride, at doses of greater than 1 mg/kg each, can produce slight elevations in thyrotropin levels but not usually greater than 10 mIU/L.

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