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25 mar 2019 · Treatment is supportive because the disease is self-limiting. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents can be used for neck pain. If this treatment is insufficient, prednisone can be given, which relieves the pain within a few days.
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- Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis
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4 kwi 2017 · Both carbimazole and propylthiouracil may have minor side effects in up to 5% of people using these medications. These adverse effects include cutaneous allergic reactions, arthralgias and gastro-intestinal upset. Severe side-effects are rare but include agranulocytosis in 0.2–0.5% of patients and may occur with both drugs.
4 lip 2023 · The recommended treatment of thyrotoxicosis is dependant on the underlying cause. Beta-blocker therapy such as propranolol, is used to reduce adrenergic features such as sweating, anxiety, and tachycardia. There are 3 mainstays of treatment: thionamide drugs, radioiodine, and thyroid surgery.
Uncommon side effects include thyroid swelling and sore throat. Thyroid function should be reassessed at 4–6 weeks after iodine-131 therapy and thereafter at similar intervals for 6 months, or until the patient becomes hypothyroid and is stable on thyroid hormone replacement.
When you have thyrotoxicosis, levels of the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) are above normal and TSH is lower than normal. Thyroid antibody blood tests can also check if Graves’ disease is the cause.
Possible side effects of 131 I therapy include mild anterior neck pain caused by radiation thyroiditis or worsened thyrotoxicosis for several days, owing to the leakage of preformed thyroid hormones from the damaged thyroid gland.
Patients should be informed of side effects of antithyroid drugs and the necessity of informing the physician promptly if they should develop pruritic rash, jaundice, acolic stools or dark urine, arthralgias, abdominal pain, nausea, fatigue, fever, or pharyngitis.
