Amiodarone and its metabolites may have a direct cytotoxic effect on the thyroid follicular cells, which causes a destructive thyroiditis. Amiodarone and its metabolite desethylamiodarone can act as a competitive antagonist of T3 at the cardiac cellular level.
Video: Watch a 19-year-old Conor McGregor predict his UFC title shot. Videos. Video: Watch a 19-year-old Conor McGregor predict his UFC title shot. Conor McGregor is just one win away from claiming a UFC title. Back in 2008, the then-19-year-old MMA newcomer predicted as much.
The 30-year-old Ada, Okla., native and Team Takedown representative has compiled a stellar 11-2 record since arriving in the UFC in August 2009. Hendricks failed in his first attempt to win the UFC welterweight title in November, when he wound up on the wrong side of a contentious split decision to St. Pierre.