Environmental Iodine Intake and Thyroid Dysfunction During Chronic Amiodarone Therapy
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 101 (1), 28-34
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-101-1-28
Abstract
Amiodarone, an iodine-containing drug used frequently in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and angina pectoris, has many effects on thyroid hormone metabolism, including decreasing the production of triiodothyronine (T3) and decreasing the clearance of thyroxine (T4) and reverse T3 rT3. These effects result in elevated serum T4 and rT3 concentrations and decreased serum T3 concentrations. In addition, iodine-induced hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism may occur in patients chronically treated with amiodarone. The incidence of thyroid dysfunction in Lucca and Pisa, West Tuscany, Italy and in Worcester, Massachusetts [USA] was studied. Hyperthyroidism was a more frequent (9.6%) complication of amiodarone therapy in West Tuscany, where iodine intake is moderately low; hypothyroidism was more frequent (22%) in Worcester, where iodine intake is sufficient. In patients receiving chronic amiodarone therapy, clinically suspected hyperthyroidism is best confirmed by showing elevations in serum T3 or free T3 concentrations; hypothyroidism is best diagnosed by showing an elevated serum thyrotrophin concentration. Thyroid function should be carefully monitored in patients receiving amiodarone chronically, especially if they have goiter or Hashimoto''s thyroiditis.Keywords
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