title: [Attempted suicide with 400 thyroxine pills: what happened to the physician-patient relationship?].
abstract: Patient aged 49 who developed hypothyroidism after receiving 1131 for relapsing Graves' disease after treatment with propylthiouracil followed by homeopathy. Substitution with thyroxine (0.05 mg/day) was prescribed. Depressed by the perspective of a life long treatment, the patient swallowed 400 pills (20 mg). The evolution was uncomplicated after betablockers administration at hospital. One year later she became euthyroid without further medication. The occurrence of transient hypothyroidism after curitherapy is discussed. The importance of mutual participation in the patient/physician relationship is underlined in the framework of divergent conceptions of medicine.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Martin-du Pan
mesh_terms: D013956:Antithyroid Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D013956:Antithyroid Agents; D011441:Propylthiouracil; D013974:Thyroxine
vernacular_title: Tentamen avec 400 comprimés de thyroxine: que s'est-il passé dans la relation médecin-malade?