Question

A 42-year-old woman is diagnosed with Graves' disease. She is keen to start treatment that will provide the quickest control of her thyrotoxic symptoms. Which of the following treatment modalities generally offers the most rapid control of symptoms of hyperthyroidism?

Accepted Answer

Propranolol

Answer

Radioiodine therapy

Answer

Carbimazole

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Thyroidectomy

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Lugol's iodine

Practice question

A 42-year-old woman is diagnosed with Graves' disease. She is keen to start treatment that will provide the quickest control of her thyrotoxic symptoms. Which of the following treatment modalities generally offers the most rapid control of symptoms of hyperthyroidism?