Our cat was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism about a year ago. Our vet began treating her with Methimazole transdermal gel. She tolerated it for awhile and put on some weight. (She currently weighs six ...

Q: Our 15-year-old cat has been diagnosed with a hyperthyroid condition. The vet says we can choose from three treatments. Is this accurate, and if so, do you have any advice? -- N.Z., Atlanta, GA A: ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: Codi, our 13-year-old cat, needs methimazole for his ...

What is methimazole used for? Methimazole is commonly used to treat people with Graves' disease or toxic multinodular goiter who have an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism). Methimazole can also be ...

Discover comprehensive details about Methimazole, including its pronunciation, uses, dosage instructions, indications, and guidelines on how and when to take it or avoid it. The updated prescription ...

Many patients with hyperthyroidism relapse following cessation of the antithyroid drug methimazole. Paradoxically, treatment of relapsed hyperthyroidism with radioiodine frequently causes ...

Q: Codi, our 13-year-old cat, needs methimazole for his hyperthyroidism, but he won't take it. I've tried crushing his quarter-tablet and mixing it with pilling treats and various wet foods mixed with ...

VICTORIA, BC — Graves' disease patients treated with long-term, low-dose methimazole therapy show significantly lower rates of relapse compared with short-term exposure, with no serious side effects ...

A 45-year-old primigravid woman was referred to our hospital at 8 weeks gestation. She had undergone total thyroidectomy 7 years previously, and was taking hormone replacement therapy with ...

SAN DIEGO — New findings out of Japan add to increasing evidence that the use of methimazole to treat the hyperthyroidism of Graves' disease in early pregnancy significantly increases the risk for ...

SINCE the introduction of antithyroid-drug therapy for the treatment of hyperthyroidism by Astwood 1 in 1943 a variety of therapeutic programs and specific drugs have been proposed. However, in the ...