Review Question - QID 206987

A 34-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician with insomnia. She notes that she has had difficulty calming down for the past several months. She also reports feeling warm, even when others feel cold, and that her eyes appear to bulge more than she remembered (Figure A). Her TSH is found to be 0.03 mcU/mL (nl 0.4-2.5 mcU/mL), and free T4 is 5 ng/dl (nl 0.7-1.9 ng/dl). She chooses to undergo radioiodine ablation, and returns to her physician 2 days after the procedure noting increased bulging of her eyes. Which of the following steps could have decreased the risk of this complication?