Propylthiouracil can also be used to help reduce symptoms of an overactive thyroid before having surgery to remove the thyroid or radioactive iodine therapy. Propylthiouracil may also be used for ...

SINCE the introduction of antithyroid-drug therapy for the treatment of hyperthyroidism by Astwood 1 in 1943 a variety of therapeutic programs and specific drugs have been proposed. However, in the ...

Agranulocytosis is the most severe adverse effect of antithyroid drug therapy. The findings of a novel study from Japan suggest that this complication occurs more frequently if higher rather than ...

THE following report concerns a case of severe hemorrhagic diathesis appearing during the course of propylthiouracil treatment of thyrotoxicosis. The fundamental defect was a marked prolongation of ...