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Block and replace (carbimazole plus levothyroxine) and titration (carbimazole alone, adjusted) compared, with relapse rates, side effects, who each suits, and why block and replace is avoided in pregnancy.
Which blood tests you need on carbimazole or methimazole and when, what TSH, free T4, T3 and TRAb results mean, and when a blood count is urgent.
Neo-Mercazole by country (UK, Ireland, France, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Bangladesh), its generic name, other carbimazole brands, methimazole names such as Tapazole, Thyrozol and Mercazole, and common misspellings.
Carbimazole (Neo-Mercazole) and methimazole compared, with a dose conversion table, which countries use which, and what to do when you move abroad or your pharmacy only stocks the other one.
How hyperthyroidism shows up in older cats, how vets confirm it, and how methimazole, carbimazole (Vidalta), radioiodine, surgery and iodine-restricted food compare.
Carbimazole for hyperthyroid cats as Vidalta 10 mg and 15 mg prolonged-release tablets, with label doses, the blood test schedule, side effects and how it differs from methimazole.
Methimazole (thiamazole) for hyperthyroid cats, from Felimazole tablets and Thyronorm oral solution to transdermal ear gel, with label doses, blood test schedule and side effects.
How Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole) compares with methimazole (thiamazole) and propylthiouracil (PTU), and how antithyroid tablets compare with radioactive iodine and thyroid surgery.
Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole) doses for adults and children, titration versus block and replace, how long treatment lasts, missed doses, blood tests and switching from PTU or methimazole.
Graves' disease is the commonest cause of an overactive thyroid. What triggers it, how it is diagnosed, how antithyroid tablets such as Neo-Mercazole, radioiodine and surgery compare, and what predicts remission.
What an overactive thyroid is, the main causes (Graves' disease, toxic nodules, thyroiditis), symptoms, the blood tests that diagnose it, and how antithyroid tablets, radioiodine and surgery fit together.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Radioactive iodine (I-131) treatment for Graves' 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.
Side effects of Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole), from nausea, rash and hair thinning to rare agranulocytosis, liver injury and pancreatitis, plus pregnancy risks and interactions.
Plain-English summaries of the key trials and large studies on carbimazole and methimazole, covering treatment length, dose, agranulocytosis, pregnancy, PTU and radioactive iodine.
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.
Thyroid eye disease in Graves' 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.
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.
When thyroidectomy is advised for Graves' disease or toxic nodules, preparing with Neo-Mercazole (carbimazole), the risks to voice and calcium, the scar, recovery and lifelong levothyroxine.
Overactive ("hot") thyroid nodules, in a toxic multinodular goitre or a single toxic adenoma. How they differ from Graves' disease, why carbimazole controls but rarely cures them, and how radioiodine and surgery are used.
