Antithyroid Drug Treatment in Graves’ Disease
Graves’ disease is associated with thyrotropin (TSH) receptor stimulating antibody, for which there is no therapeutic agent. This disease is currently treated through inhibition of thyroid hormone synthesis or destruction of the thyroid gland. Recurrence after antithyroid drug (ATD) treatment is com...
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Korean Endocrine Society
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| description | Graves’ disease is associated with thyrotropin (TSH) receptor stimulating antibody, for which there is no therapeutic agent. This disease is currently treated through inhibition of thyroid hormone synthesis or destruction of the thyroid gland. Recurrence after antithyroid drug (ATD) treatment is common. Recent studies have shown that the longer is the duration of use of ATD, the higher is the remission rate. Considering the relationship between clinical outcomes and iodine intake, recurrence of Graves’ disease is more common in iodine-deficient areas than in iodine-sufficient areas. Iodine restriction in an iodine-excessive area does not improve the effectiveness of ATD or increase remission rates. Recently, Danish and Korean nationwide studies noted significantly higher prevalence of birth defects in newborns exposed to ATD during the first trimester compared to that of those who did not have such exposure. The prevalence of birth defects was lowest when propylthiouracil (PTU) was used and decreased by only 0.15% when methimazole was changed to PTU in the first trimester. Therefore, it is best not to use ATD in the first trimester or to change to PTU before pregnancy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d39d6ca02b4f485eb6b95c8e560efd0d2022-12-21T23:40:34ZengKorean Endocrine SocietyEndocrinology and Metabolism2093-596X2093-59782021-06-0136349149910.3803/EnM.2021.10702177Antithyroid Drug Treatment in Graves’ DiseaseJae Hoon Chung0Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Thyroid Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaGraves’ disease is associated with thyrotropin (TSH) receptor stimulating antibody, for which there is no therapeutic agent. This disease is currently treated through inhibition of thyroid hormone synthesis or destruction of the thyroid gland. Recurrence after antithyroid drug (ATD) treatment is common. Recent studies have shown that the longer is the duration of use of ATD, the higher is the remission rate. Considering the relationship between clinical outcomes and iodine intake, recurrence of Graves’ disease is more common in iodine-deficient areas than in iodine-sufficient areas. Iodine restriction in an iodine-excessive area does not improve the effectiveness of ATD or increase remission rates. Recently, Danish and Korean nationwide studies noted significantly higher prevalence of birth defects in newborns exposed to ATD during the first trimester compared to that of those who did not have such exposure. The prevalence of birth defects was lowest when propylthiouracil (PTU) was used and decreased by only 0.15% when methimazole was changed to PTU in the first trimester. Therefore, it is best not to use ATD in the first trimester or to change to PTU before pregnancy.http://www.e-enm.org/upload/pdf/enm-2021-1070.pdfgraves diseaseantithyroid agentsrecurrenceiodinecongenital abnormalitiespregnancy |
| spellingShingle | Jae Hoon Chung Antithyroid Drug Treatment in Graves’ Disease Endocrinology and Metabolism graves disease antithyroid agents recurrence iodine congenital abnormalities pregnancy |
| title | Antithyroid Drug Treatment in Graves’ Disease |
| title_full | Antithyroid Drug Treatment in Graves’ Disease |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Antithyroid Drug Treatment in Graves’ Disease |
| title_short | Antithyroid Drug Treatment in Graves’ Disease |
| title_sort | antithyroid drug treatment in graves disease |
| topic | graves disease antithyroid agents recurrence iodine congenital abnormalities pregnancy |
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