Alendronate and Levothyroxine Interaction

Drug interaction information between Alendronate and Levothyroxine.

Alendronate and Levothyroxine have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Alendronate and Levothyroxine. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Alendronate

Bisphosphonate

Drug B

Levothyroxine

Thyroid Hormone

How They Interact

Taking these two drugs at the same time can prevent the body from absorbing enough alendronate into the system.

FDA Label Information

7.4 Levothyroxine The bioavailability of alendronate was slightly decreased when BINOSTO and levothyroxine were co-administered to healthy subjects [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3) ] .

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Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Alendronate + Levothyroxine?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair minor. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Levothyroxine has 22 labeled pairs on file vs Alendronate's 2. In the minor band specifically: Alendronate has 1; Levothyroxine has 22 (also Sertraline, Furosemide, Propranolol, Ferrous Sulfate).

What mechanism field is on file for Alendronate and Levothyroxine?

Taking these two drugs at the same time can prevent the body from absorbing enough alendronate into the system.

Levothyroxine's labeled portfolio outnumbers Alendronate

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Alendronate (Bisphosphonate); Levothyroxine (Thyroid Hormone).

Alendronate

0 major · 1 moderate · 1 minor · 2 total

Alendronate has no other minor-band peer in this dataset besides Levothyroxine.

Levothyroxine

0 major · 0 moderate · 22 minor · 22 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.