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Propylthiouracil (PTU) is a thioamide drug used to treat hyperthyroidism. It is a medicine that is used to decrease the amount of thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland. more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Graves' Disease | 176 |
78% |
| Hyperthyroidism | 63 |
84% |
| Hypothyroidism | 2 |
100% |
| Goiter | 1 |
100% |
| Brain Injury | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 80% (243
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PTU Reviews
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Yuck! Bad side effects.
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Makes me intermittently hypo so I guess you can say it works
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It took me a year and a half from the date of injury to be able to get a job in an arcade and go to school. Now I work as a Therapy Technician. I still have my left eye closed and have numbness issues on my left side. I have to struggle daily with reasoning and talking too much...but have found ways to make USE of those issues instead of having them limit me.
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PTU did wonders for me. I am now testing remission. I have been off meds since Jan09 and my TED has been in remission since July 08. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
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Im currently in remission with my Graves and TED. Im hoping I will be here for a very long time.
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I have ups and downs. Hyper to hypo
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The PTU immediately brought my levels down, but the minute I come off them, it goes straight back up. I had no side effects and luckily it didn't effect my daughter.
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This is making my TSH normal but I still do not feel normal at all. Have all the emotional stuff that I had when levels not normal.
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So far so good. I was originally taking 2 pills 3x a day down to 1 pill 3x a day. I haven't seen an endocrinologist for a year because she wants me to take the RAI treatment.
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My levels were very high when I was diagnosed about 3 1/2 months into my pregnancy. Now at 5 months pregnant, they are almost back to normal.
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yea like it is working but if ptu will help me better because of my ted i would rather that should the doctors not have suggested to me since my ted?y... [More] -
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Hi mammy...I hadnt heard of this ATD so I looked it up. Yes, it is used to manage Hyper and its safe to take in prep for a TT or RAI. Check it out. ... [More] -
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just wondering wat the differance between ptu(propylthiouracil) and neomercazole?are the the same ?would ptu be better for me because of my eye proble... [More] -
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I started ptu also two weeks ago and i did experience a sore throat but it's gone now. I like methamazolee better to be honest to me it seemed to work... [More] -
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I'VE BEEN ON PTU FOR THREE MONTHS, IM BLOWING UP LIKE A BALLOON, WHEN I WAS ON METHIMAZOLE I WAS LOSING WEIGHT LIKE CRAZY, THE PTU IS WORKING GREAT BU... [More]
