A study supporting long term AntiThyroid Drug usage (useful for any patients feeling pushed into having RAI/ Thyroidectomy)

[tattybogle]

just come across this , posting it in case it useful to anyone  pennyannie  PurpleNails

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/352...

Audit of long-term treatment outcomes of thyrotoxicosis in a single-centre virtual clinic: The utility of long-term antithyroid drugs

Miles J Levy , Narendra Reddy , David Price , Ragini Bhake , Emma Bremner , Mary Barrowcliffe , Veronica Kieffer , Carole Robinson , Francesco Zaccardi , Trevor A Howlett

"Conclusions: Thyrotoxicosis can be well controlled with minimal specialist clinic attendance using a software-supported virtual shared-care scheme. Long-term ATD appears to be a valid patient choice achieving TFT control comparable to that seen after RAI or surgery."

[pennyannie]

Hey there Tatty - hope you are doing ok -

Thank you - just around 20 years too late for me -

As you probably know I regularly offer the research we already have which says much the same thing - but sadly at grass roots level this toxic substance is still offered as first line treatment option - as it was with me.

How long does it take for medically reviewed research papers to be read and implemented ?

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/338...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/306...

Just recently the BTF decided to research into the consequences of RAI thyroid ablation for Graves but have only allocated a grant for 2 years so another white wash, and a waste of time and money when we already have the ' uncomfortable research ' !!

I'll try and find Jim's post re the BFT ;

[PurpleNails Administrator]

Thanks for posting. I particularly like the part in conclusions saying

“In nodular disease, we found that spontaneous remission may occur.”

I’d like that please.