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

Boca Pharmacal has received approval from the FDA for Methimazole Tablets USP, the generic version of King Pharmaceutical‘s Tapazole tablets. Methimazole is an antithyroid agent indicated to treat ...

Co announces the FDA has granted final approval for the co's Abbreviated New Drug Application for Methimazole Tablets USP, 5 mg and 10 mg. The co's Methimazole is therapeutically equivalent to the FDA ...

A 35-year-old Asian male was diagnosed as hyperthyroid (time zero) when he presented with symptoms of sweating, palpitations, and a weight loss of 20 pounds (down to 85 pounds, (5 feet, 5 inches tall) ...

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 ...

Credit: Shutterstock. "Periodic screening and monitoring of CBC while on treatment is crucial to monitor development of neutropenia which can be totally asymptomatic," the authors concluded.