What Medication is Used to Treat Hyperthyroid?
Hyperthyroid is a fast thyroid. This is not nearly as common as the hypothyroid or slow thyroid. Many wonder why there is a problem with a fast thyroid because you have a fast metabolism, and could eat more, have more energy, sounds good, but in reality, it’s not. Too fast can cause tremors or heart palpitations because you’re running too fast. Think of a car in first gear. For this, someone could take a beta-blocker to slow the heart; atenolol, metoprolol, or propranolol, something like that, but it won’t do anything for the thyroid, just stop some of the symptoms. There are a couple ways to treat the thyroid itself. You could have surgery to remove all or part of the thyroid. Usually the surgeon will remove more than necessary and put you into hypothyroidism. This requires you to take medication to supplement what your body cannot fully produce. Another way is to swallow radioactive iodine. The word radioactive sounds scary but it’s generally regarded as safe. The reason is the thyro
