@article{Chua_Shing Shen_Yun_Singarayar_Hui_2022, title={Successful Oral Levothyroxine Desensitization in a Patient with Severe Hypothyroidism Post Radioactive Iodine Therapy: A Case Report}, volume={36}, url={https://asean-endocrinejournal.org/index.php/JAFES/article/view/1035}, DOI={10.15605/jafes.036.02.10}, abstractNote={<p>Levothyroxine remains the standard therapy for patients with hypothyroidism worldwide. Levothyroxine allergy is rarely seen and alternative therapies are less efficacious and scarcely available. The use of liothyronine (LT3) monotherapy is less favoured due to its short half-life and unpredictable pharmacological profile.  We report a 59-year-old male with a hypersensitivity reaction to levothyroxine who was successfully desensitized with oral levothyroxine within a day using a 14-step protocol (Table 1.1).</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies}, author={Chua, Yi Jiang and Shing Shen, Bay and Yun, Taye Zhi and Singarayar, Carolina and Hui, Foo Siew}, year={2022}, month={Jul.}, pages={213–215} }