Medications to Watch Out For in Thyroid Conditions

Certain drugs can interact with your thyroid hormone to negatively affect your thyroid function. These are just a few commonly used medications that can affect your thyroid:

• Amiodarone

• Aspirin (more than 3,000 milligrams daily)

• Oestrogen (for example, in hormone replacement therapy, or in the oral contraceptive pill)

• Iron tablets

• Iodine

• Lithium

• Propranolol

• Corticosteroids