Question

A 30-year-old female presents with weight loss, heat intolerance, and palpitations. Her TSH is suppressed, and T3/T4 are elevated. She has a diffuse goiter and eye signs suggestive of Graves' disease. According to NICE, what is the preferred initial medical management?

Accepted Answer

Carbimazole therapy

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Radioactive iodine ablation

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Total thyroidectomy

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Propranolol alone

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Levothyroxine monotherapy

Practice question

A 30-year-old female presents with weight loss, heat intolerance, and palpitations. Her TSH is suppressed, and T3/T4 are elevated. She has a diffuse goiter and eye signs suggestive of Graves' disease. According to NICE, what is the preferred initial medical management?