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(also known as Methimazole)
Methimazole and propylthiouracil are used to treat conditions in which the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone.
These medicines work by making it harder for the body to use iodine to make thyroid hormone. They do not block the effects of thyroid hormone that was made by the body before their use wa... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Graves' Disease | 93 |
83% |
| Hyperthyroidism | 27 |
81% |
| Hypothyroidism | 3 |
100% |
| Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) | 1 |
100% |
| Heart Failure | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 83% (127
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Tapazole Reviews
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using now, started 2 a day, reduced to 1 in two weeks.
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This worked for me. Only temporarily tho. Eventually more aggresive treatment is needed.
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I had severe Graves T3 8.3 and T4 1982. After beiing pressured in to RAI but declining it 5 weeks later my numbers have improved T3 2.5, T4 792. Still high but the medicine is working
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Levels have dropped several hundred points. Still waiting for them to be normal.
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Has worked to get T4 in range but not TSH Levels
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Gained a lot of weight.
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I started on 20 mg adn I am now down to 2.5
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on tapasole, but scheduled for rai due to high liver enzymes
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Good results with the meds. Up and down of course; no more hot feelings; still suffer from "brain fog" when not busy enough to force me to concentrate or at end of day or don't get enough sleep night before. No side effects except brain fog: duh.
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Tapazole v. PTU
Decided to look around a little: "Methimazole (Tapazole) may cause thyroid suppression and goiter in nursing infants. Most doctors would advise ... [More] -
switching from tapazole to PTU
I had hives, majorly itchy skin with rashes, red swollen joints and severe muscle cramps (you could see the knots and they left bruises the next day) ... [More] -
Tapazole advice and amiodarone and hyperthyroid
Hi and welcome: Atenolol is used to bring down the cardiac/hypER symptoms. It has something to do with the thyroid level blood tests of the Free T... [More] -
PTU and Tapazole equivilancy
Hi: Yes, PTU is weaker than Methimazole. I believe PTU has a half-life of 2 hours whereas MMI's half-life is 8 hours. Look these drugs up under... [More] -
PTU and Tapazole equivilancy
Hi everyone, I was on methimazole (Tapazole) for about a year and a half. I started out at 30mg/day, then was able to gradually work down to 10mg/d... [More]
