MEDLINE 2. Trip MD, Wiersinga WM, Plomp TA: Incidence, predictability, and pathogenesis of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis and hypothyroidism. Am J Med 1991; 91: 507–11. MEDLINE 3. Martino E ...
The incidence of type 2 amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT ... thionamide therapy followed by definitive treatment of the underlying thyroid disorder, usually done by surgery, will be required ...
Type I is iodine-induced hyperthyroidism, which develops in those with underlying thyroid disease, type II is amiodarone-induced destructive thyroiditis. Type I AIT typically occurs in those with ...
thyroid, and gastrointestinal toxicity, life-disturbing photo-sensitivity, and even bluish discoloration of the skin. Thus, the amiodarone Nirvana became a Dickens “A Tale of Two Drugs”—the ...