A 62-Year-Old Patient with Hyperthyroidism Is to Be Treated with Radioactive

A 62-year-old patient with hyperthyroidism is to be treated with radioactive iodine (RAI) .The nurse instructs the patient

A) about radioactive precautions to take with all body secretions.
B) that symptoms of hyperthyroidism should be relieved in about a week.
C) that symptoms of hypothyroidism may occur as the RAI therapy takes effect.
D) to discontinue the antithyroid medications taken before the radioactive therapy.