| The patient remained thyrotoxic with continuing fevers and worsening encephalopathy, and hence his methimazole was changed to propylthiouracil. |
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| Some people with hyperthyroidism receive antithyroid drugs such as propylthiouracil or methimazole. |
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| A second line of treatment is the use of the antithyroid medications propylthiouracil and methimazole. |
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| Doctors usually first try either propylthiouracil or methimazole to treat children with Graves' disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid. |
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| The pill in question is propylthiouracil or methimazole to treat children with Grave's disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid, the Associated Press reported. |
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