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Can a person with Graves disease be able to take medicine all their life such as PTU?
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Default Can a person with Graves disease be able to take medicine all their life such as PTU? - 12-21-2008, 01:16 AM

Can a person with Graves disease (a very hyperactive thyroid) problem be able to take medicine all their life such as PTU or do they end up doing radioactive iodine treatment down the road anyway? I am 31 and I haven't been able to find an endocrinologist who won't go down this radioactive iodine treatment route before allowing me to take a medication called PTU.I haven't had any kids yet and I really don't want to do this radioactive iodine treament at all. I am really not into destroying my glands only to turn hypothyroid and thenhave to take a medication called Synthroid fopr the rest of my life. Any comments or opinions.
   
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Default 01-03-2009, 10:39 PM

There is no reason you can't take PTU for the rest of your life, unless you are allergic, which is highly unlikely. In that case, you can go on methimizole for the rest of your life. Nobody is allergic to both.Do your own research on this, because your doctor will tell you differently, and push you into having radiation.
   
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