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 ...

These findings should allow pharmacists to prepare extemporaneous oral suspensions of propylthiouracil for use in extended therapy. The documentation of stability in two different suspensions ...

On the strength of this observation ... considered suitable for antithyroid therapy with a single daily dose of propylthiouracil. We are presenting herein a summary of our experiences to date.

April 21, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a boxed warning to the drug label for propylthiouracil about reports of severe liver injury and acute liver failure ...

The multiple effects of antithyroid drugs include inhibition of thyroid hormone synthesis and a reduction in both intrathyroidal immune dysregulation and (in the case of propylthiouracil ...

Medindia neither buys nor sells drugs. Propylthiouracil (Ptu) is an antithyroid agent, prescribed for hyperthyroidism.It stops the thyroid gland from making thyroid hormone. The information ...

The median dose at onset was 15 mg methimazole and 200 mg propylthiouracil daily; 25% of patients took methimazole from 1979 to 2007 and 75% took propylthiouracil from 1982 to 2007. Complication ...

Among these agents, the drug most often implicated in causing disease is the commonly used antithyroid agent propylthiouracil (PTU). This Review provides an update on PTU-induced AAV. Clinical ...