Graves disease remission methimazole
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d with Graves in March 2006. I have been on MMI(methimazole) for 2.8 yrs. I started off on 30 mgs. and went very very hypo right away. I have gained 38 pounds in 2.8 years and feel dreadful. When dx'd my TSI was 243 <129. My FT4 for was 1.86(.8-1.85) and FT3 was 2.60 <2.00. I really never had very high FT's. They have always stayed low but my TSH has been low forever. I think I have many blocking antibodies because of my TBII is 31% <16%.
So unless your Graves' has gone into remission, stopping the Methimazole would eventually only put you back to square one: hyperthyroid. Seems like a reduction to 5 mg would be the better idea.
I have read that nearly half of patients who take antithyroid medications for their Graves' disease go into remission.
I really thought I was losing my mind, I have had this for about 4 yrs and just now was diagnosed with Graves disease. My Dr put me on Methimazole and after 3 weeks had a severe reaction and was covered head to toe with a horrible insanely itchy rash. Mr Endo told me I have a couple options radio active iodine or somthing else which he did not tell me what. My question is how has the radio active iodine worked for others?
or are you still waiting to see if you go into remission with the Methimazole? I was on Methimazole for 4 years, finally I had to do the RAI treatment. I thought most of my pains would go away but, I actually felt better when I was on the methimazole. Now I am on Levoxyl and I think my body is taking a long time to adjust. My gums and teeth seem to hurt a lot. I never had issues before the RAI.
I was diagnosed with Graves disease 11 years ago. My endo prescribed Methimazole, which I was allergic to, so he told me he didn't want to prescribe me anything else because sometimes the allergy kills the thyroid. It apparently did, because all of a sudden I was hypo and I had to go on synthroid. Since then, I lost my health insurance and got handled by my PCP instead of the endo (cheaper).
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Excerpt from Hashimoto's thyroiditis following Graves' disease. Acta Med Indones. 2010 Jan;42(1):31-5....
"Pathogenesis for chronic thyroiditis following anti-thyroid drug treatment in patients with Graves' disease remains unclear.
No, methimazole can't cure Graves Disease; nothing can. Once you have it, you have it for life, even if you have your thyroid removed or it goes into remission.
Hi, I was diagnosed with graves in sep 2009. I was in the military so it was a bad situation. I went on meds and went into remission for a year. I deployed to Afghanistan and it started flaring up at the end of my tour. I cam out of remission into full blown graves, went back on meds and into remission. I am now going into remission periodically but I'm having a full blown session of graves and I feel like I am going to die.
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease in December and moderate hyperthyroidism !
I have not had an uptake scan yet but the dr believes I have Graves (I have no eye disease symptoms though). I was told I would never be on a low dose of methimazole (my chances of remission were low due to the size of my thyroid) and I should consider RAI. I refused RAI and opted for the meds. Two and a half months later I'm down to only 5mg of methimazole and it's making me hypothyroid!!! There isn't a lower dose I can take is there? And why is my progress so quick?
I am 32, have seen my Family Dr. I was diagnosed with graves disease. I have also seen a endocrinologist who has told me is was a goiter. Im confused, I know my thyroid is getting larger. I have several symptoms but can not get a solid answer. What is the differance between a goiter and graved disease? What are the treaments for both?
I don't want to tell you how often we hear of doctors telling their patients that their labs are "perfect" when they're anything but. Many doctors think that anywhere in reference range is "perfect" for everyone. They are very wrong. So, when you get your labs today, please ask for reference range with results and we can see how well they're interpreting them. Also ask if the tests are FREE T3 and FREE T4.
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