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Taking Medicines For Hypothyroid And Rheumatoid Arthritis. How Do These Drugs Interact With Each Other?
i have been diagnosed through blood test results, to have hypothyroid disease so taking synthroid for, and rheumatoid arthritis, was taking sulphasalazine and hydroxychloroquin for,how ,do these two diseases affect each other and how do these drugs affect each other or interact?
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as such there should be no interaction between the drugs.
Infact both these diseases are generally autoimmune in nature so there is a strong probability of the two diseases occuring together.
Infact both these diseases are generally autoimmune in nature so there is a strong probability of the two diseases occuring together.
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