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ea0013p337 | Thyroid | SFEBES2007

Should long-term continuous anti-thyroid drug therapy be included in the therapeutic armamentarium for hyperthyroidism?

Savage Laura , Jones Rhian , Hayat Haleema , Murray Robert

A minority of patients with hyperthyroidism resulting from relapsed Grave’s disease or autonomous nodules refuse definitive treatment with surgery or radioiodine, and request long-term anti-thyroid medication. There are few data concerning the safety and efficacy of this therapeutic modality.We performed a retrospective analysis of 13 patients (8 relapsed Grave’s disease, 5 toxic MNG), 12F, median age 60 (31–76) yrs and duration of long-te...