methimazole or with propylthiouracil and, if dose-related, can lower doses than currently administered be prescribed without unduly affecting the rate of restoration of euthyroidism? The largest ...

Propylthiouracil therapy should be discontinued in children in favor of alternative approaches, say US researchers, after a systematic and comparative evaluation of the adverse events associated ...

Medications used to treat hyperthyroidism-such as propylthiouracil (PTU), methimazole, radioactive iodine, and potassium iodine-can sometimes lower thyroid hormone levels excessively. These ...

In the US, the 2 antithyroid drugs available are propylthiouracil (PTU) and methimazole, which impede the synthesis of thyroid hormones by inhibiting the organification of iodine by the thyroid gland.