He is reluctant to put me on interferon/ribavirin therapy which would last 48 weeks, because of the risk of blindness from
Graves Eye
Disease. Although I have been euthyroid for four years, I was treated for hyperthyroidism from 2000-2002 with atenolol, tapizole and PTU, and currently have clinical evidence of mild Graves eye disease in one eye, demonstrated by lid retraction, and slight limitation of upward and outward gaze.