Recent news on Methimazole

Hyperthyroidism common in old cats  -  May 20, 2007
Inside Bay Area,...involves giving a medication called Methimazole (also called Tapazole) which impairs the activity of the thyroid gland to reduce the production of excess

Drug Safety: It’s not just chemotherapy that causes blood disorder  -  May 17, 2007
What Doctors Don't Tell You,They found 980 cases of agranulocytosis caused by drugs other than chemotherapy since 1966, including carbimazole, clozapine, dapsone, dipyrone, methimazole

B Lymphocyte Depletion with the Monoclonal Antibody Rituximab in ...  -  May 4, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,Patients in the +RTX group received 375 mg RTX/m 2 iv on d 1, 8, 15, and 22, and all patients were withdrawn from methimazole (MMI) at d 22.

Systematic Review: Agranulocytosis Induced by Nonchemotherapy Drugs  -  Apr 30, 2007
Annals of Internal MedicineDrugs for which more than 10 reports were available (carbimazole, clozapine, dapsone, dipyrone, methimazole, penicillin G, procainamide, propylthiouracil,

HAPPY TAILS TIPS  -  25 Feb 2007
Columbia Daily Tribune,Methimazole - brand name Tapazole - blocks the production of thyroid hormone and is effective at controlling the symptoms of hyperthyroidism.

Vet Q & A  -  18 Jan 2007
Union Sentinel,Using the antithyroid drug methimazole, which blocks thyroid hormone synthesis, as a treatment is effective but cats on the medication should have their CBC

Duox expression and related H 2 O 2 measurement in mouse thyroid ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
Journal of Endocrinology...thyroids of adult mice with reduced (Tshr hyt/hyt or mice treated with thyroxine) or increased (methimazole or perchlorate treatment) TSH/Tshr activity.

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