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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 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.