Silent thyroiditis medical therapy
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.
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