12 months treatment with diclofenac 50 mg 1x2 in addition to regular treatment for thyrotoxicosis.

12 months treatment without diclofenac in addition to regular treatment for thyrotoxicosis.

Graves´ Disease

T Diclofenac 50 mg twice daily for 12 months

Diclofenac

Methimazole

L-thyroxin approximately 100 to 200 micrograms/day. The dose is adjusted to reach euthyroidism during concomitant treatment with methimazole for 18 months

L-thyroxin

T Propronalol 40mg 1x1-3 during during 1-3 weeks until the patient has responded to thyrostatics

Propranolol

T Metoprolol 50 mg 1x3 for 1-3 weeks until the patient has responded to thyrostatics

Metoprolol

Departmenty of Endocrinology, Skane University Hospital

Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital

Department of Internal Medicine, section of Endocrinology, Sodersjukhuset

Adjuvant Treatment of Graves´ Ophthalmopathy With NSAID (aGO Study)

Optic nerve dysfunction 0. No 1. Yes Eye-lid edema 0. No 1. Yes Chemosis 0. No 1. Yes Conjunctival injection 0. No 1. Yes Exophthalmos 0. No 1. Yes Hertel - base right left Eye muscle dysfunction 0. No 1. Yes Corneal ulcers 0. No 1. Yes
Sum:
Ophthalmopathy is present if the patient has one sign or more.

Spontaneous retrobulbar pain 0. No 1. Yes Painfull eye-movements 0. No 1. Yes Eye-lid erythema 0. No 1. Yes Conjunctival injection 0. No 1. Yes Chemosis 0. No 1. Yes Swollen caruncula 0. No 1. Yes Eye-lid edema or swolleness 0. No 1. Yes
Sum:

Criteria for start of steroid treatment are: 1. Risk of corneal ulcers with or without exophthalmos 2. Double vision within 30 degrees 3. Optic nerve dysfunction.

exophthalmos/калијум

Adjuvant Treatment of Graves´ Ophthalmopathy With NSAID (aGO Study)

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