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Dear doctor, I have mild graves disease, I am taking methimazole for that, my age is 34 yrs, am female, disease went into remission in pregnancy and relapsed post partum, again I used methimazole 10 mg and slowly my dose was tapered to 5 mg and stopped, I went into remission for six months and again my tsh is 0.01, can I stay on medication for life, I don't want radioiodine.
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May be you can try suitable dose to maintain TSH, T3, T4 in acceptable range and remain in remission for longer period. Some times correcting all associated nutritional deficiencies like VIT D, Calcium, Vit B12, Folic acid ,Vit D, HB may help in keeping you in remission for longer years.
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