Hi all, not sure if this paper has been posted here or not, but for anyone being urged to have RAI by their endo for Graves, please have a read of the abstract. I haven't read the full article, but I wish this had been available before I had RAI. academic.oup.com/jcem/artic...
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Approach to the Patient Considering Long-term Antithyroid Drug Therapy for Graves’ Disease

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Yes - as always - more information becomes available with time -
I think I've shared these with you before - so maybe a good idea to keep them all together :-
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/338...
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/306...
All things Graves - elaine-moore.com
I’ve been on carbimazole for 14 years now. It’s suited me and had no bad side effects. The doctors have asked me a few times about rai or surgery but I’ve always refused as I feel so well on the carbimazole.
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