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Fereidoun Azizi1, Ladan Mehran1, Hengameh Abdi1
1Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1985717413, I.R.Iran.
Abstract:
Antithyroid drugs (ATD) are the treatment of choice for the majority of patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism worldwide. However, relapse of hyperthyroidism after withdrawal of arbitrarily chosen conventional 12 to 18 months of therapy is very common. In the last 2 decades, many studies have shown that treatment with long-term ATD (LT-ATD) is effective and safe in the maintenance of euthyroidism. In addition, it has been reported that serum TSH receptor antibody may not decrease permanently before 5 to 6 years of ATD treatment, and clinical trials have shown that ≥5 years of ATD treatment is accompanied by remission in the majority of patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism. The objective of this article is to discuss the optimal time to withdraw of conventional ATD therapy, to illustrate the decision-making of the management of recurrent hyperthyroidism, to review the proper management of LT-ATD, and to generate suggestions for lifelong ATD treatment by discussing 4 scenarios of decision-making in patients with Graves' disease.
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