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A 28-year-old woman presents with weeks of worsening palpitations, heat intolerance, anxiety, increased appetite with weight loss, and a rapid, irregular pulse. Physical exam reveals warm, moist skin, lid lag, tremor, brisk reflexes, and a diffusely enlarged thyroid with a bruit. What clinical factors in her presentation should guide your choice of initial pharmacologic therapy to control her vital sign abnormalities and address the underlying hormonal disturbances? VIDEO INFO Category: Thyroid Disorders, Endocrinology Difficulty: Hard - Advanced level - Challenges experienced practitioners Question Type: Management - Clinical management decisions Case Type: Typical Presentation Explore more ways to learn on this and other topics by going to https://endlessmedical.academy/auth?h... QUESTION A 28-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department because of 3 weeks of worsening palpitations, heat intolerance, anxiety, and unintentional weight loss of 5 kg despite increased appetite. She has no chest pain, shortness of breath, or syncope. She does not use illicit drugs, smokes 1-2 cigarettes per month socially, and drinks alcohol on weekends. Her medical history is notable only for seasonal allergic rhinitis and a tonsillectomy at age 8 years.... OPTIONS A. Administer high-dose propranolol 60 mg orally every 6 hours with close titration to clinical response B. Administer propranolol 10 mg orally every 6 hours with reassessment in 24 hours C. Administer metoprolol tartrate 50 mg orally every 6 hours with goal heart rate less than 100 beats/min D. Begin a continuous intravenous labetalol infusion titrated to achieve a systolic blood pressure less than 120 mm Hg CORRECT ANSWER A. Administer high-dose propranolol 60 mg orally every 6 hours with close titration to clinical response EXPLANATION High-dose non-selective beta-blockade with propranolol 60 mg by mouth every 6 hours is the recommended first pharmacologic step in overt Graves thyrotoxicosis because it simultaneously blunts catecholamine-mediated tachycardia and inhibits type 1 5 -deiodinase, the enzyme that converts thyroxine (T4) to the more biologically active triiodothyronine (T3). Per the 2016 American Thyroid Association hyperthyroidism guideline, daily doses of 160-320 mg reduce serum T3 by roughly 20-45 % within 24-48 hours, providing a biochemical bridge until a thionamide, radioiodine, or surgery can be started. Teaching point 1: only lipophilic, non-selective beta-blockers given at sufficiently high doses lower T3 concentrations; cardio-selective agents do not. Propranolol 10 mg every 6 hours produces inadequate beta-blockade and does not reach the serum threshold required for deiodinase inhibition. Metoprolol tartrate 50 mg every 6 hours is beta1-selective, so it slows heart rate but leaves peripheral T3 generation and beta2-mediated symptoms unchecked. A continuous intravenous labetalol infusion targets hypertensive emergencies; its mixed alpha- and beta-blockade offers no meaningful effect on T4-to-T3 conversion and risks hypotension in the low-resistance state of thyrotoxicosis. Teaching point 2: in severe hyperthyroidism, drug clearance is accelerated, so higher propranolol doses and close titration are needed to avoid under-treatment. --------------------------------------------------- Our cases and questions come from the https://EndlessMedical.Academy quiz engine - multi-model platform. Each question and explanation is forged by consensus between multiple top AI models (i.e. Open AI GPT, Claude, Grok, etc.), with automated web searches for the latest research and verified references. Calculations (e.g. eGFR, dosages) are checked via code execution to eliminate errors, and all references are reviewed by several AIs to minimize hallucinations. Important note: This material is entirely AI-generated and has not been verified by human experts; despite stringent consensus checks, perfect accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Exercise caution - always corroborate the content with trusted references or qualified professionals, and never apply information from this content to patient care or clinical decisions without independent verification. Clinicians already rely on AI and online tools - myself included - so treat this content as an additional focused aid, not a replacement for proper medical education. Visit https://endlessmedical.academy for more AI-supported resources and cases. This material can not be treated as medical advice. May contain errors. ---------------------------------------------------