Prospects for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis 131i by 2000 (report)

Abstract

Since 1940, radioactive iodine therapy has become the most common treatment for thyrotoxicosis in adults in the United States. In Europe, a similar trend is observed, although thyreostatic drugs are more often used as the main treatment method. In many ways, radioactive iodine is an ideal treatment for thyrotoxicosis; the economic efficiency and safety of the method are well known.