Hyperthyroidism Support Group

Hi:
How high of a dosage are you taking and how often?

Tapazole is meant to be taken in three divided doses and after six to eight weeks of being on it, the excess store of Iodine is used up. By then the Free T4 has fallen to mid ranges and one begins to lower the Tapazole down. All this while labbing every six weeks, on the average, at least. Bye the year mark one may be on 5 mg or less of Tapazole per day to stay in Euthyroid levels.

Maybe you're on too high of a doses? Could you post your labs with the ranges and how much Tapazole you were taking at each labs? The right thyroid labs to get would be the Free T3, Free T4, and TSH.

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I itch all the time but I have no rashes and Im not sure if it's from tapazole. I'll have to look into that. Good luck.

I came down with a rash after taking tapazole for about a month and a half. It looked like clusters of mosquito bites; very itchy. The largest clusters were on my feet and elbows, but I did have a few on the rest of body. I stopped the treatment and it the rash subsided after about a week.

rire1979:

You may have been on too high of a dosage to begin with. It happened o me after three weeks so the Methimazole was reduced slightly. The problem went away.

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