What patients with Graves’ disease should stay on methimazole longer?- Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public

Clinical Thyroidology for the Public

From Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public:  Recently, more and more physicians have been preferring treating patients with Graves’ disease with methimazole with the goal to treat until a remission occurs. Recent studies have shown that patients are more likely to have a remission from Graves’ disease if they were on methimazole for a total of 60 months (long term) as compared to only 12-18 months (short term). This study was performed to assess predictors of relapse and to determine the rate of relapse of patients after short and long-term MMI therapy. Read More…

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