Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Iodide administration is generally recommended in combination with anti-thyroid drugs when a rapid return to normal thyroid hormone levels is required, such as in the treatment of patients with ‘thyroid storm’. However, there are few reports concerning the combination therapy for many patients with Graves’ hyperthyroidism. In this paper, we studied the effects of potassium iodide (KI) combined with 15 mg of methimazole (MMI) to the initial treatmen...

Introduction: According to the guideline for medical treatment of Graves’ disease by the Japan Thyroid Association in 2011, discontinuation of antithyroid drug is recommended when normal thyroid functions have been maintained for a certain period (≥6 months) after treatment with a minimum maintenance dose (mentioned below). We prospectively studied the remission rates in the patients with Graves’ disease.Methods: The subjects were 108 pat...