Management of amiodarone-related thyroid problems
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Amiodarone and the thyroid: a practical guide to the management of thyroid dysfunction induced by amiodarone therapy.
Amiodarone induces predictable changes in thyroid function tests that are largely explicable in terms of the physiological effects of iodide excess and inhibition of deiodinase activity. Clinically relevant thyroid dysfunction is not uncommon during amiodarone therapy, and requires careful diagnosis and treatment. The diagnosis and management of thyrotoxicosis is probably best supervised by a s...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients receiving amiodarone, and the possible associated factors. The study also aimed at assessing the effect of amiodarone on thyroid function through the application of a questionnaire to cardiologists. METHOD Fifty-six patients chronically (> 3 months) receiving amiodarone were assessed by measurement of their serum levels ...
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the frequency of thyroid dysfunction (TD) associated with amiodarone therapy in southern Africa. OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of TD in a cohort of patients initiated on amiodarone therapy at a cardiac clinic in Cape Town, South Africa, believed to be an iodine-replete area. PATIENTS Pharmacy records were used to obtain the names of patients who rece...
متن کاملAmiodarone and the thyroid.
An antiarrhythmic drug, amiodarone, contains 37% iodine by weight and is structurally similar to the thyroid hormones. The drug inhibits hepatic 5'-deiodinase, resulting in increases in serum thyroxin and "reverse" triiodothyronine, whereas the concentration of triiodothyronine in serum is decreased. There is a significant incidence of either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism in patients who ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2042-0188,2042-0196
DOI: 10.1177/2042018811398516