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It is used in nuclear medicine both diagnostically and therapeutically. Examples of its use in therapy include the treatment of thyrotoxicosis and cancer of the thyroid. Diagnostic tests exploit the mechanism of absorption of iodine by the normal cells of the thyroid gland. As an example iodine-131 is one of the radioa... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Graves' Disease | 182 |
91% |
| Hyperthyroidism | 37 |
92% |
| Thyroid Cancer | 7 |
100% |
| Hypothyroidism | 6 |
83% |
| Head and Neck cancers | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 91% (233
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It did work.The only side effect I had was a little swelling in my neck after day 3.It went down just as fast as it showed up.
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No thyroid left!!
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Dont remember any bad side effects, just slept alot while was radioactive. Within 3 months my whole thyroid was gone - it's been checked a few times
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killed my thyroid, lost some hair gained some weight and have to take a pill everyday so I dont die. But I guess it worked
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No side effects. It worked - completely destroyed my nasty thyroid
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tough, i was really bad for a while then they could not get my pulse and they did the PTU, then 2 months latter I crashed and was so slow I could not get out of bed went from concuring the world to not wanting to do anything i was tired. Then got back on replacement and got better but have been having lots of mental problems.
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I had it in 2000 and have been on eltroxin. It's a simple once a day dose and I'm doing alright. Put on quite a bit of weight and need to have a check up with my doc.
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The average person takes 6-8 weeks for this to work mine worked in three weeks my tsh went from .18 to 53 it two weeks. My emotions went rapid. I would suggest having levels checked often if you get this done.
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Performed in Feb/2007 and still don't know if it was effective.
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had radioactive iodine after thyroidectomy
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