...C. Jaffiol; L. Baldet; P. Castelnau; C. Papachristou; H. Lapinski; R. Rouaud The control of Graves’ disease patients treated with antithyroid drugs (ATD) involves monitoring the dose of ATD, the duration of therapy and the prediction of the long-term outcome of the disease. The sequential follow-up...

... to clarify this point. 28 11 2008 Antithyroid drugs Remission Treatment duration Carbimazole doses Follow-up © 1987 S. Karger AG, Basel 1987 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages...

...Jacques Leclère The management of the antithyroid drug therapy is inferred from the preceding papers. The best duration for the treatment with antithyroid drugs (ATD) is 18 months. At the end of the treatment, the early radioiodine uptake measured on suppressive doses of LT3 and the determination...

...Jacques Leclère The use of the antithyroid drugs (ATD) has been frequently questioned during the last years because of the high rates of relapses (about 50% in the overall statistical evaluations). Nevertheless, in terms of euthyroidism, the results obtained with the three main treatments (radio...

... dysphagia. Hypercalcaemia persisted during treatment with antithyroid drugs in two patients, both of whom had hyperparathyroidism. The administration of salmon calcitonin to these two patients before starting antithyroid treatment produced an immediate and sustained fall in serum calcium and urinary...