1.Anththyroid drugs
You will find two primary antithyroid drugs accessible for use in the United States, methimazole (Tapazole) (in my country is Athyrazol) and propylthiouracil ( PTU). These drugs accumulate in the thyroid tissue and block production of thyroid hormones. PTU also blocks the conversion of T4 hormone to the much more metabolically active T3 hormone. The main risk of these medications is occasional suppression of production of white blood cells by the bone marrow (agranulocytosis). (White cells are needed to fight infection.)
Side effects of the antithyroid drugs are:
Main adverse reactions (which occur with a lot less frequency than the minor adverse reactions) consist of inhibition of myelopoieses (agranulocytosis, granulocy-topenia, and thrombocytopenia), aplastic anemia, drug fever, a lupuslike syndrome, insulin autoimmune syndrome (which can result in hypoglycemic coma), hepatitis ,etc…Minor adverse reactions consist of skin rash, urticaria, nausea, vomiting, epigastric distress, arthralgia, paresthesia, loss of taste, abnormal loss of hair, myalgia, headache, pruritus, drowsiness, neuritis, edema, vertigo, skin pigmentation, jaundice, sialadenopathy, and lymphadenopathy.
If somebody is taking drugs in healing the hyperthyroidism, it is not recommended to gett pregnant, although being on drugs. Drugs are affecting baby`s body system as well,via the placenta, and is high possibility of numerous disorders in fetus. It’s recommended to heal thyroid gland at initial, then to plan to have the baby.
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