Drug information
Methimazole 5 mg (TIMAZOL)
Indications
Treatment of hyperthyroidism. Click to listen highlighted text! Indications Treatment of hyperthyroidism.
Contraindications and precautions
1.Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or its components.
2.Use this medication cautiously in patients aged over 40 years. Avoid using this medication more than 40 mg per day because agranulocytosis may occur.
3.Use this medication cautiously with anticoagulant such as Warfarin. Click to listen highlighted text! Contraindications and precautions 1.Do not use if you had an allergic reaction to this medication or its components. 2.Use this medication cautiously in patients aged over 40 years. Avoid using this medication more than 40 mg per day because agranulocytosis may occur. 3.Use this medication cautiously with anticoagulant such as Warfarin.
Recommendations of drug use
If you are pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or breastfeeding, you should take counsel with physicians. Click to listen highlighted text! Recommendations of drug use If you are pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or breastfeeding, you should take counsel with physicians.
Adverse Reactions
1.This medication may cause rash, urticaria, pruritus, alopecia, discoloration of the skin, edema, nausea, vomiting, epigastric distress, loss of taste, arthralgia, myalgia, numbness, headache.
2.Agranulocytosis (sore throat, fever, chills, skin eruption, headache, fatigue) may occur in the first 2-3 months of treatment. If you have these symptoms, you should seek medical advice immediately.
3.Hepatic dysfunction (loss of appetite, pruritus, upper right stomach pain) If you have these symptoms, you should seek medical advice immediately. Click to listen highlighted text! Adverse Reactions 1.This medication may cause rash, urticaria, pruritus, alopecia, discoloration of the skin, edema, nausea, vomiting, epigastric distress, loss of taste, arthralgia, myalgia, numbness, headache. 2.Agranulocytosis (sore throat, fever, chills, skin eruption, headache, fatigue) may occur in the first 2-3 months of treatment. If you have these symptoms, you should seek medical advice immediately. 3.Hepatic dysfunction (loss of appetite, pruritus, upper right stomach pain) If you have these symptoms, you should seek medical advice immediately.
Drug storage
Store in a dry place, in a sealed container protected from light, at a temperature not exceeding 30 degrees Celsius. Click to listen highlighted text! Drug storage Store in a dry place, in a sealed container protected from light, at a temperature not exceeding 30 degrees Celsius.
The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only.
If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists. Click to listen highlighted text! The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only. If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists.
Methimazole In: In Depth Answers [database on the Internet]. Greenwood Village (CO): IBM Corporation; 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 15 ]. Available from: www.micromedexsolutions.com.