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What triggers it, how it is diagnosed, how antithyroid tablets such as Neo-Mercazole, radioiodine and surgery compare, and what predicts remission.</description></item><item><title>Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid): causes, symptoms, tests and treatment</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/hyperthyroidism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/hyperthyroidism/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What an overactive thyroid is, the main causes (Graves&apos; disease, toxic nodules, thyroiditis), symptoms, the blood tests that diagnose it, and how antithyroid tablets, radioiodine and surgery fit together.</description></item><item><title>Neo-Mercazole interactions: medicines, supplements, iodine and blood tests</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/interactions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/interactions/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Medicines that interact with Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole) and methimazole, including warfarin, digoxin, beta blockers, theophylline, prednisolone, erythromycin and clozapine, plus iodine, biotin, herbal remedies and alcohol.</description></item><item><title>Methimazole (thiamazole): uses, doses, side effects and how it relates to Neo-Mercazole</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/methimazole/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/methimazole/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Methimazole, also called thiamazole, is the active form of carbimazole. What it treats, US label doses for 5 mg and 10 mg tablets, side effects, pregnancy, interactions and the old brand name Tapazole.</description></item><item><title>Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole): what it is, what it treats and how it works</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/neo-mercazole/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/neo-mercazole/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Neo-Mercazole is a brand of carbimazole, an antithyroid tablet for an overactive thyroid. Uses, generic and other names, how it works, dosing, side effects and alternatives.</description></item><item><title>Neo-Mercazole in pregnancy and breastfeeding: risks, switching to PTU and planning</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/pregnancy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/pregnancy/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Is Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole) safe in pregnancy? The birth defect risk, why doctors switch to PTU for the first trimester, contraception, what to do if you are already pregnant, and breastfeeding.</description></item><item><title>Propylthiouracil (PTU): when it is used, doses and the liver warning</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/propylthiouracil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/propylthiouracil/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Propylthiouracil (PTU) 50 mg tablets for an overactive thyroid. Why it is second choice after methimazole and carbimazole, why it is still used in early pregnancy, doses, liver and vasculitis warnings.</description></item><item><title>Radioactive iodine for an overactive thyroid: what happens, precautions and stopping carbimazole</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/radioactive-iodine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/radioactive-iodine/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Radioactive iodine (I-131) treatment for Graves&apos; disease and toxic nodules, when to stop Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole) before and after, safety precautions, pregnancy timing, eye disease and the long-term underactive thyroid.</description></item><item><title>Neo-Mercazole side effects: common effects and warning signs</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/side-effects/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/side-effects/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Side effects of Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole), from nausea, rash and hair thinning to rare agranulocytosis, liver injury and pancreatitis, plus pregnancy risks and interactions.</description></item><item><title>Carbimazole and methimazole: what the studies show</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/studies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/studies/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Plain-English summaries of the key trials and large studies on carbimazole and methimazole, covering treatment length, dose, agranulocytosis, pregnancy, PTU and radioactive iodine.</description></item><item><title>Subclinical hyperthyroidism: low TSH with normal T4, risks and when to treat</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/subclinical-hyperthyroidism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/subclinical-hyperthyroidism/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Subclinical hyperthyroidism means a low TSH with normal free T4 and T3. What causes it, the heart and bone risks, when guidelines suggest treatment with carbimazole or radioiodine, and how often to recheck.</description></item><item><title>Thyroid eye disease (Graves&apos; orbitopathy): symptoms, smoking and treatment</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/thyroid-eye-disease/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/thyroid-eye-disease/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Thyroid eye disease in Graves&apos; disease: symptoms, how common it is, why smoking matters so much, how treatment of the thyroid (carbimazole, radioiodine, surgery) affects the eyes, selenium, steroids, teprotumumab and surgery.</description></item><item><title>Thyroid storm: emergency signs, triggers and hospital treatment</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/thyroid-storm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/thyroid-storm/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Thyroid storm is a rare, life-threatening flare of an overactive thyroid. The warning signs that mean calling an ambulance, common triggers such as infection or stopping carbimazole, and how hospitals treat it.</description></item><item><title>Thyroid surgery (thyroidectomy) for an overactive thyroid: when, risks and recovery</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/thyroidectomy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/thyroidectomy/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>When thyroidectomy is advised for Graves&apos; disease or toxic nodules, preparing with Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole), the risks to voice and calcium, the scar, recovery and lifelong levothyroxine.</description></item><item><title>Toxic nodular goitre and toxic adenoma: overactive thyroid nodules and their treatment</title><link>https://neomercazole.com/toxic-nodular-goitre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://neomercazole.com/toxic-nodular-goitre/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Overactive (&quot;hot&quot;) thyroid nodules, in a toxic multinodular goitre or a single toxic adenoma. How they differ from Graves&apos; disease, why carbimazole controls but rarely cures them, and how radioiodine and surgery are used.</description></item></channel></rss>