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how long should antithyroid drug therapy be continued to achieve remission?

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how long should antithyroid drug therapy be continued to achieve remission?

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When Astwood first reported the use of thionamide antithyroid drugs to inhibit thyroid-hormone synthesis in Graves’ disease, it was counterintuitive that this therapy could be withdrawn. Some patients decided otherwise and, tiring of their pills, abandoned treatment.