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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Pharmacologic medical therapies for silent thyroiditis include beta blockers for thyrotoxicosis symptoms and [[Levothyroxine]] is required if the patient develops [[hypothyroidism]] following the resolution of the [[hyperthyroid]] state.<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> | |||
==Medical Therapy== | ==Medical Therapy== | ||
===Silent thyroiditis=== | |||
The drugs used in the treatment of silent are: | |||
* '''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):[[Levothyroxine (oral)|Synthetic levothyroxine]] (L-T4): 1.6–1.8 μg/kg per day orally | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
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Overview
Pharmacologic medical therapies for silent thyroiditis include beta blockers for thyrotoxicosis symptoms and Levothyroxine is required if the patient develops hypothyroidism following the resolution of the hyperthyroid state.[1][2][3]
Medical Therapy
Silent thyroiditis
The drugs used in the treatment of silent are:
- 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.