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Pharmacologic medical therapies for silent thyroiditis include beta blockers for [[thyrotoxicosis]] symptoms and [[levothyroxine]] for the [[hypothyroidism]] if it follows the [[hyperthyroid]] state. | Pharmacologic medical therapies for silent thyroiditis include beta blockers for [[thyrotoxicosis]] symptoms and [[levothyroxine]] for the [[hypothyroidism]] if it follows the [[hyperthyroid]] state. | ||
==Medical Therapy== | ==Medical Therapy== | ||
===Silent thyroiditis=== | ===Silent thyroiditis=== | ||
The drugs used in the treatment of silent thyroiditis are: | The drugs used in the treatment of silent thyroiditis are:<ref name="pmid22443972">{{cite journal |vauthors=Samuels MH |title=Subacute, silent, and postpartum thyroiditis |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=96 |issue=2 |pages=223–33 |year=2012 |pmid=22443972 |doi=10.1016/j.mcna.2012.01.003 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid7630839">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schubert MF, Kountz DS |title=Thyroiditis. A disease with many faces |journal=Postgrad Med |volume=98 |issue=2 |pages=101–3, 107–8, 112 |year=1995 |pmid=7630839 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid1987447">{{cite journal |vauthors=Singer PA |title=Thyroiditis. Acute, subacute, and chronic |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=61–77 |year=1991 |pmid=1987447 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
* '''For thyrotoxic symptoms''' | * '''For thyrotoxic symptoms''' | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Pharmacologic medical therapies for silent thyroiditis include beta blockers for thyrotoxicosis symptoms and levothyroxine for the hypothyroidism if it follows the hyperthyroid state.
Medical Therapy
Silent thyroiditis
The drugs used in the treatment of silent thyroiditis are:[1][2][3]
- For thyrotoxic symptoms
- Preferred regimen (1): atenolol: 25-200mg per day orally
- Preferred regimen (2): metoprolol: 25-200mg per day orally
- For hypothyroidism
- Preferred regimen (1): Synthetic levothyroxine (L-T4): 1.6–1.8 μg/kg per day orally
References
- ↑ Samuels MH (2012). "Subacute, silent, and postpartum thyroiditis". Med. Clin. North Am. 96 (2): 223–33. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2012.01.003. PMID 22443972.
- ↑ Schubert MF, Kountz DS (1995). "Thyroiditis. A disease with many faces". Postgrad Med. 98 (2): 101–3, 107–8, 112. PMID 7630839.
- ↑ Singer PA (1991). "Thyroiditis. Acute, subacute, and chronic". Med. Clin. North Am. 75 (1): 61–77. PMID 1987447.