Rebuttal to Smith and Janssen (Thyroid 2017;27:746–747. DOI: 10.1089/thy.2017.0281)

Stability, Effectiveness, and Safety of Desiccated Thyroid vs Levothyroxine: A Rebuttal to the British Thyroid Association

In 2007, an Executive Committee (the Committee) of the British Thyroid Association (BTA) published a document in which it concluded that levothyroxine is safer, more stable, and more effective than Armour Thyroid. By extension, the conclusion also applies to other desiccated thyroid products, such as Erfa 4 3 Thyroid. Enough evidence is available, however, to conclude that T /T therapies with e...

Janssen Pharmaceuticals Nizoral (ketoconazole) Tablets

QT Prolongation and Drug Interactions Leading to QT Prolongation Co-administration of the following drugs with ketoconazole is contraindicated: dofetilide, quinidine, pimozide, cisapride. Ketoconazole can cause elevated plasma concentrations of these drugs and may prolong QT intervals, sometimes resulting in life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias such as torsades de pointes. See CONTRAINDICA...

Rebuttal to a Paper on Wormholes

In a recent paper on wormholes (gr-qc/0503097), the author of that paper demonstrated that he didn’t know what he was talking about. In this paper I correct the author’s naive erroneous misconceptions.

Selection by competition in word production: Rejoinder to Janssen (2013)

Editorial and Rebuttal from Authors

As more and more men undergo radical prostatectomy as their primary treatment for prostate cancer, it is becoming evident that not all of them will enjoy a prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-free status for the rest of their life. As presented in other series with long-term follow-up, the risk for biochemical recurrence continued to increase over time in a large European series from Hamburg [1]. T...