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Lithium as an Alternative Option in Graves Thyrotoxicosis
The patient was started on methimazole 40 mg BID, but her LFTs elevated precipitously with features of fulminant hepatitis. Methimazole was determined to be the cause and was stopped. After weighing pros and cons, lithium was initiated to treat her persistent thyrotoxicosis.
New trends in the management and guidance to reduce the risk of birth defects caused by antithyroid drugs
[/u] Birth defects after the use of methimazole (MMI) (or its prodrug carbimazole) have been considered to be very rare, and no risk has previously been associated with the use of propylthiouracil (PTU).