Usa Is A Treatment With 131I The Most Common Treatment Of Hyperthyroidism. The Administration Of Radioiodine Is Recommended Both For The Therapy Of Graves’ Disease And For The Treatment Of Toxic Nodular Goiter. Translator’S Note: Unlike In The Us Is Recommended In Germany Radioiodine Therapy Only After Adolescence. The Dose Of 131I Is Difficult To Adjust

because the reaction of the thyroid gland can not be predicted. Some doctors administer a standard dose of 8-15 mCi. Other calculate the dose on the basis of the estimated thyroid volume and 24-hour uptake

at a dose of 80-120 uCi / g thyroid tissue provide. Is sufficiently given 131I

to cause a euthyroid

about 25-50% of patients are hypothyroid one year later