This can be done with medications, radiation , or surgery.

is known by several other names like hyperthyroid myopathy, Graves and Basedow's myopathy or Basedow paraplegia.

It mainly affects muscles of the shoulder, hips and hands.

It was first recognized in the early nineteenth century by Graves and Von Basedow as occurring infrequently in severe hyperthyroidism

Propylthiouracil and methimazole are medications that inhibit production and release of thyroxine and also block tissue effects of thyroxine