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

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 ...

Current treatment guidelines recommend using the thyroid drug propylthiouracil (PTU) over another thyroid drug methimazole (MMI) for this condition. However, a new study from Boston University ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Better outcomes for Graves’ ophthalmopathy were found with low-dose methimazole therapy compared with ...

CHICAGO — The treatment of Graves disease with the antithyroid drug methimazole is associated with a significantly increased risk of acute pancreatitis, and although cases are rare, the risk justifies ...

A 45-year-old primigravid woman was referred to our hospital at 8 weeks gestation. She had undergone total thyroidectomy 7 years previously, and was taking hormone replacement therapy with ...

A pill used for thyroid disease can cause fatal liver failure in children and should no longer be used to treat them, two doctors warn. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...