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Medical treatment of hyperthyroidism (part II)

Posted on January 27, 2011 by gravity

Summary Earlier, I posted about the beginning of this article. Now I’m finishing it up. This section talks about “antithyroid drugs of second choice”.  These are drugs that don’t exactly “fix” the problem, but relieve some of the symptoms. Potassium … Continue reading →

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Medical Treatment of Hyperthyroidism (part I)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by gravity

Summary This paper, published in February 2010, is a review of what is known about the drugs used to treat Graves’ Disease.  No new research was done in this article, but it’s a nice synthesis of the earlier literature. This … Continue reading →

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Association between radioiodine therapy for Graves’ hyperthyroidism and thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

Posted on January 22, 2011 by gravity

Summary Two earlier studies of Graves’ Disease that found that treating Graves’ Disease with radioactive iodine rather than antithyroid drugs caused a large (3-5X) increase in the risk of developing Graves’ Opthalmopathy (GO), an eye disorder. However, there were also … Continue reading →

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