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==Overview==
==Overview==
Pharmacologic medical therapies for silent thyroiditis include beta blockers for thyrotoxicosis symptoms and [[levothyroxine]] for the [[hypothyroidism]] if it follows 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>
Pharmacologic medical therapies for silent thyroiditis include beta blockers for [[thyrotoxicosis]] symptoms and [[levothyroxine]] for the [[hypothyroidism]] if it follows 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==
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* '''For thyrotoxic symptoms'''
* '''For thyrotoxic symptoms'''
**Preferred regimen (1):[[atenolol]]: 25-200mg per day orally
**Preferred regimen (1): [[atenolol]]: 25-200mg per day orally
**Preferred regimen (2):[[metoprolol]]: 25-200mg per day orally
**Preferred regimen (2): [[metoprolol]]: 25-200mg per day orally
* '''For hypothyroidism'''
* '''For hypothyroidism'''
*Preferred regimen (1):[[Levothyroxine (oral)|Synthetic levothyroxine]] (L-T4): 1.6–1.8 μg/kg per day orally
*Preferred regimen (1): [[Levothyroxine (oral)|Synthetic levothyroxine]] (L-T4): 1.6–1.8 μg/kg per day orally


==References==
==References==
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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.[1][2][3]

Medical Therapy

Silent thyroiditis

The drugs used in the treatment of silent thyroiditis 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

  1. 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.
  2. Schubert MF, Kountz DS (1995). "Thyroiditis. A disease with many faces". Postgrad Med. 98 (2): 101–3, 107–8, 112. PMID 7630839.
  3. Singer PA (1991). "Thyroiditis. Acute, subacute, and chronic". Med. Clin. North Am. 75 (1): 61–77. PMID 1987447.


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