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

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Untreated hyperthyroidism in pregnancy places the mother and child at an elevated risk for a number of adverse ...

Agranulocytosis is the most severe adverse effect of antithyroid drug therapy. The findings of a novel study from Japan suggest that this complication occurs more frequently if higher rather than ...

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 ...

Hyperthyroidism (also known as overactive thyroid) is a condition in which the body makes an excess of thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormones function to regulate the body's energy. Therefore, an increase ...

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 ...

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 ...