June 3, 2009 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety alert today about the risk for serious liver damage, including liver failure, or death with propylthiouracil (PTU) compared ...

The Price section compares costs of the same generic drugs across brands and is purely for information purpose. Medindia neither buys nor sells drugs. Propylthiouracil (Ptu) is an antithyroid agent, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Untreated hyperthyroidism in pregnancy places the mother and child at an elevated risk for a number of adverse ...

Taking antithyroid drugs (ATDs) during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for birth defects, particularly for women receiving prescriptions for methimazole (MMI) or ...

Captain Nick Batchelor, MD, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC; Email: nicholas.batchelor@na.amedd.army.mil Captain Aaron Holley, MD, Department of Pulmonary and ...

(Boston)—A thyroid storm is characterized by high-circulating thyroid hormones (severe hyperthyroidism) that leads to life-threatening acute end-organ damage, including neurologic dysfunction, ...

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. Doctors usually first try either propylthiouracil or methimazole ...

SAN JUAN -- Two of the most commonly used drugs for treating hyperthyroidism were linked to birth defects when used in early pregnancy, though they have differing effects, researchers reported here.

The US Food and Drug Administration warned health care professionals about the risk of serious liver injury associated with the use of the anti-thyroid drug propylthiouracil (PTU) for the treatment of ...

Disordered neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) produced as a result of propylthiouracil (PTU) treatment promote autoantibody production and trigger vasculitis in rat models, shows new research in ...

OBJECTIVE: Traditionally, neonatal thyrotoxicosis has been managed with antithyroid drugs and/or iodine as well as sedatives, propranol and digitalis when necessary. The purpose of this study was to ...