Hi, I’m new to this board and newly diagnosed with graves disease (last week). I’m wondering if anyone can point me to some useful resources on the relative risks and benefits of RAI vs. long-term ATD treatment. My dad also has Graves disease and has been on methimazole for 20 years without going into remission, but without any problems. My endo recommended RAI, but I said I wanted to at least try the drugs for a while to see how things go. She was fine with that and I’m now on methimazole (60mg) and propanalol. Started feeling better immediately! I know (from research and the posts above) that doctors outside of the US tend to be more supportive of long term ATD therapy than doctors here, but I’m wondering if anyone knows why that is. I’m looking for some good resources yet that clearly lay out the benefits/risks of RAi vs. drug therapy. I have 2 young children at home so I hate the idea of being quarantined from them for 7 days if I did the RAI, and I’m not planning on having more children, so that’s not an issue.
Since I haven’t had any bad reactions to the drugs yet (knock on wood), I’m sure I have plenty of time to research the various options, but would love to get started. Any suggestions of resources to start with would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks everyone!
I’m always wrapped up in my fleece these days (although when I was hyper last year I was super warm. Hoping to get back to a nice normal state soon…