US endocrinologists are favoring antithyroid drugs over radioactive iodine in initial Graves’ disease treatment, and new ...

Is it necessary to have my cat’s blood values checked twice a year? It can get a little expensive, but I want to do what is ...

However, they are not completely safe to use during pregnancy as methimazole increases risk of neonatal malformations and propylthiouracil increases risk of maternal hepatotoxicity ...

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This report reviews a case of AIT refractory to conventional treatment. Despite high doses of methimazole and prednisone, the patient remained clinically and biochemically thyrotoxic. Cholestyramine, ...

For instance, taking an iodine supplement while also taking antithyroid medications, such as methimazole, may cause your body to produce too little thyroid hormone. Potassium iodide supplements ...

Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped organ in the front of your neck. It's caused by a malfunction of the thyroid gland, leading to the overproduction of ...

Thyroid hormone (T 3 and T 4) has many beneficial effects including enhancing cardiac function, promoting weight loss and reducing serum cholesterol. Excess thyroid hormone is, however, associated ...

Symptoms of thyroid disease in males can include effects not seen in females. Erectile dysfunction (ED) and male breast enlargement, for example, are associated with thyroid dysfunction but otherwise ...

Population with other thyroid diseases, disabilities, mental disorders, abnormally low autoimmune function, have took thyroid disease-related drugs, such as methimazole, propylthiouracil, ...