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What is Methimazole?

Methimazole is used for palliative treatment of hyperthyroidism, return the hyperthyroid patient to a normal metabolic state prior to thyroidectomy, and to control thyrotoxic crisis that may accompany thyroidectomy.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hyperthyroidism 9 1 Efficacy_major
Hyperthyroidism (Overactive thyroid) 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Graves Disease 6 0
Other 4 0
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 1 0
Graves Disease 1 0

See all 11 patients currently taking Methimazole

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Methimazole

Nausea 1
Depression with suicidal thoughts 1

Reported Dosages

  2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 60 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Methimazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 56%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 19%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 19%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 13%
Other 2   Other: 13%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 6%

See all 15 patients who’ve stopped taking Methimazole

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Methimazole

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Methimazole

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Methimazole

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Methimazole

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 33%
Not at all
 2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Methimazole

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.