... is best treated with thionamides that may be combined for a few weeks with sodium perchlorate to make the thyroid gland more sensitive to thionamides. AIT 2 is treated with oral glucocorticoids. Once euthyroidism has been restored, AIT 2 patients are followed up without treatment, whereas AIT 1 patients...

... with propylthiouracil treatment and embryopathy with methimazole or carbimazole therapy. While propylthiouracil is the preferred drug for the first trimester, if it is not available other thionamides may be given. Breast-feeding while on antithyroid drugs is not contraindicated provided the dose of drug is low...