Statins should be used with greater caution in patients undergoing thyroid hormone withdrawal for radioactive iodine treatment

Thyroid. 2011 Apr;21(4):457-8. doi: 10.1089/thy.2010.0317.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Compartment Syndromes / chemically induced*
  • Contraindications
  • Fluorobenzenes / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Iodine Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*
  • Muscular Diseases / chemically induced
  • Pyrimidines / adverse effects*
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium
  • Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
  • Sulfonamides / adverse effects*
  • Thyroid Hormones / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Fluorobenzenes
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Pyrimidines
  • Sulfonamides
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Rosuvastatin Calcium