Every sixth patient in amiodarone treatment develops thyrotoxicosis or hypothyreosis
2014
: Amiodarone is associated with multiple side effects among which a substantial number of patients are suffering from amiodarone-induced thyroid disease. In this review we present difficulties in diagnosing, sub typing and treating amiodarone-induced thyroid disease and give views on the future of this drug and one of the alternatives, dronedarone. Amiodarone holds a place in modern medicine due to its unique antiarrhythmic effects and associated thyroid diseases requires collaboration between cardiologists and endocrinologists due to the complexity hereof.
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