Propylthiouracil
Active Ingredients
- Propylthiouracil
Brands and Other Names
Manufacturers
- Abbott Laboratories Pharmaceutical Products Div
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Explanation
The quarterly trend chart illustrates changing levels of adverse events over time. Results from both the FDA Adverse Event Database (FAERS) and adverse events extracted from social media by Druginformer are plotted side-by-side for easy comparison.
The proportion of people completing user reviews who complained about a side effect.
The proportion of social media adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
The proportion of FAERS (FDA) adverse event complaints for each adverse event type.
Propylthiouracil Side Effects
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* DrugInformer calculates alarm using a proprietary algorithm. Alarm should not be taken as an ofiicial signal from the FDA or other regulatory entity.
Tell us about your Experience with Propylthiouracil
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Somnolence, Pruritus, Abdominal pain upper, Sleep disorder
Effectiveness Rating: Overall Rating:
Posted By Martina on May 2, 2016 @ 5:04 am
“Carbimazol had the same side effects. I was on and off two times and the side effects went away when I did not take it and came back when starting again. Unfortunatly on Propycil it is the same. On Carbimazole I had additionally muscle pain, when I did some sport, and there was always pain in my tights.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Arthralgia, Dyspnoea, Gastrointestinal disorder, Irritability
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on December 12, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“Side Effects: Digestive problems, shortness of breath, joint pain and irritability. My original doctor wanted to inject radioactive iodine into my thyroid, which I refused. She wanted to re...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Adverse event
Posted By Bradlovesdonna in fdb.rxlist.com on July 6, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“To get rid of taste, take sip of water first ,THEN swallow pill very quickly. Helped me with the metal taste.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hepatic failure, Myocardial infarction, Rash macular
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on March 27, 2014 @ 12:00 am
“Drug brings up my TSH levels at 200mg a day. However, it gave me scalp pharosis and skin rash. I am thinking of stopping. I'd rather die of a heart attack than liver failure (this is a terrible way to...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Tremor, Gait disturbance
Posted By ab in fdb.rxlist.com on September 15, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“It has given me the shakes so bad I feel like I can't walk.”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Diarrhoea, Drug ineffective
Posted By Jane in fdb.rxlist.com on May 15, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“I have had diareaha for the past 72 hours. It is from y tyroid. I am using some old pills I had. I am getting sicker!!!”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Toothache, Pain, Thyroiditis, Dry eye, Psychomotor hyperactivity
Posted By kulbir in fdb.rxlist.com on April 17, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“... me to endocriogisti ma taking 6 pills two times a day i cannot tell thisimedicine is working or no but i have dry eyes with this thyorid.i have pain in my jaw area like toothache but whole mouth so n...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Heart rate increased
Posted By Anonymous in fdb.rxlist.com on January 19, 2013 @ 12:00 am
“... over a month now and it is not very tasty. Similiar to when you swallow real aspirin, but it does go away after 20 minutes or so. But what I don't like is the rapid heartbeat (sometimes feels like its...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Pigmentation disorder
Posted By unhappy in fdb.rxlist.com on December 4, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“i have experienced bad pigment lose... i am hoping to discontinue this medication and start something new...”
Druginformer Identified Side Effects: Hypometabolism, Weight increased
Posted By Anonymous in askapatient.com on May 13, 2012 @ 12:00 am
“... is now under-active as it was before the brief period of over activity and I now take 100mcg of thyroxin daily. I believe that the drug has somehow permanently changed my metabolism and would never ta...”
Additional Drug Information
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* About FAERS: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is used by FDA for activities such as looking for new safety concerns that might be related to a marketed product, evaluating a manufacturer's compliance to reporting regulations and responding to outside requests for information. Reporting of adverse events is a voluntary process, and not every report is sent to FDA and entered into FAERS. The FAERS database may contain duplicate reports, the report quality is variable, and many factors may influence reporting (e.g., media attention, length of time a drug is marketed, market share). For these reasons, FAERS case reports cannot be used to calculate incidence or estimates of risk for a particular product or compare risks between products.
User Voices
The following are comments from users that experienced side effects while taking Propylthiouracil
Muscle Spasms
“Side Effects: Muscle cramps .
Reduced the level of thyroid hormone, thereby minimizing many of the hyperthyroid symptoms.
PTU was administered in varying doses while thyroid hor...”
Source: Propylthiouracil
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What is this?Muscle Spasms
“Side Effects: Muscle cramps .
Reduced the level of thyroid hormone, thereby minimizing many of the hyperthyroid symptoms.
PTU was administered in varying doses while thyroid hor...”
Source: Propylthiouracil
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What is this?Arthralgia
“Side Effects: Digestive problems, shortness of breath, joint pain and irritability.
My original doctor wanted to inject radioactive iodine into my thyroid, which I refused. She wanted to re...”
Source: PROPYLTHIOURACIL: Side effects, rating...
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