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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

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 Members) find Tapazole helpful
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Tapazole Reviews

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didn't work, gave me hives so i changed to PTU. i was on this medication to buy time so i could get health insurance to have surgery.
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All this med did for me was make me fat and an emotional wreck.
side effects very allergic
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This didn't work at all for me. Would not bring my levels down & had to have RAI.
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The doc has to keep upping my dose. This needs to work because I don't want to have RAI.
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After 3 weeks I felt great and then started the itching everywhere for about 2 days and when that was over excruciating non-stop headaches. My doc said it wasn't caused by Tapazole and I went to the dentist, optometrist.. only to find online that this was a common side effect. I'm not on any drugs right now.
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After two weeks I developed hives and swelling in reaction to the Tapazole.
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Discussions

  1. Discussion: 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]
  2. Discussion: 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]
  3. Discussion: 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]
  4. Discussion: 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]
  5. Discussion: 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]

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