amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis

Cardiology Thyroid disease caused by amiodarone, an iodine-rich antiarrhythmic, which occurs in up to ±10% of amiodarone recipients living in areas of moderate iodine deficiency. See Thyrotoxicosis.

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Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis presenting as hypokalemic periodic paralysis.

Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: a case report / Tirotoksik Hipokalemik Periyodik Paraliz: Bir Olgu Sunumu:

The effects of plasmapharesis on thyroid hormone and plasma drug concentrations in amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis.

Lithium treatment in amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis.

Amiodarone therapy: don't forget thyroid

A stepwise approach to the treatment of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis.

Disfuncion tiroidea inducida por amiodarona en la practica clinica

4]) in a patient with progressive type II amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) who was undergoing thyroidectomy.

Pharmacodynamic effect of iopanoic acid on free [T.sub.3] and [T.sub.4] levels in amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis

A near-total thyroidectomy has, however, emerged as an excellent option for amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis refractory to medical management.

Role of total thyroidectomy in the treatment of thyroid diseases

Thyroidologists have become so destructive that some of them recommend radioiodine ablation of the thyroid to allow the reintroduction of the toxic, organic iodine-containing drug, amiodarone in patients with a prior history of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis.

The history of iodine in medicine Part III: thyroid fixation and medical iodophobia

To make matters worse with amiodarone, thyroidologists have become so destructive that some of them recommend radioiodine ablation of the thyroid to allow the reintroduction of amiodarone treatment in patients with a prior history of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis.

Serum inorganic iodide levels following ingestion of a tablet form of Lugol solution: evidence for an enterohepatic circulation of iodine

7) In a significant number of cases, amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis responds poorly to medical management, and a total thyroidectomy may need to be considered.

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

We describe a case of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis in a 34-year-old man who presented with sudden lower extremity weakness, heat intolerance, and weight loss.

Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis presenting as hypokalemic periodic paralysis. (Case Reports)

3] levels may also be useful in amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis, and in assessing recurrence after antithyroid therapy.

Interpretation of laboratory thyroid function tests for the primary care physician. (Featured CME Topic: Thyroid Dysfunction/Disease)

Two mechanisms are responsible for the production of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT).