ea0044p239 | Thyroid | SFEBES2016
Brewster Rosalind
, Abbara Ali
, Clarke Sophie
, Comninos Alexander
, Peters Deborah
, Sam Amir
, Meeran Karim
, Dhillo Waljit
Introduction: Graves disease is the commonest cause of hyperthyroidism accounting for 80% of all cases. The first line treatment for Graves disease in the UK is medical therapy, most frequently using a dose-titration regimen. Currently, there is a lack of guidance to aid clinicians in carrying out optimal dose-titration of carbimazole, resulting in a risk of under- or over-treatment. Thus, we aimed to develop a carbimazole dosing-algorithm for the medic...