Tapazole for Hyperthyroidism User Reviews

Rating: 8.8

Tapazole has an average rating of 8.8 out of 10 from a total of 4 reviews for the treatment of hyperthyroidism. 75% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 0% reported a negative experience.

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hea...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
October 14, 2012

"A serious bout of autoimmune hyperthyroidism had me very sick, traditional docs wanted to use RAI, radiation to kill off the thyroid, fortunately I read up on some Japanese and European studies that showed Tapazole/methimazole solves the problem without killing the victim-thyroid. I fired the docs, got new ones at a major medical center, and started Tapazole therapy. It took a closely monitored, gradually reduced dosing over 10 months, but I got well thanks to this miracle medicine."

10 / 10

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Pos...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
December 4, 2020

"I’ve been on Tapazole for several weeks now. I’ve seen many negative experiences online and wanted to share my early positive experience. I am currently on a low dose, and within the first 3 weeks, my hyperthyroidism has responded very well - levels were extremely high before and have come down to the upper end of the normal range. TSH is still low, but I’m told that takes longer to respond to treatment. The first few days on Tapazole were challenging but manageable: headaches, tiredness, overall feeling blah. I experienced some swelling from water retention as well as itchy skin. A couple of weeks in and most drug side effects have disappeared, and a lot of hyperthyroid symptoms have improved too. My heart is still racing, but overall I’m happy I tried this drug."

9 / 10

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Gen...
Taken for less than 1 month
October 30, 2022

"Diagnosed with Graves' disease. My thyroid ultrasound was unremarkable. The biggest symptoms before starting 5 mgs a day were moderate itching, mainly at night. The very first night of taking it, all my skin itchiness issues were a thing of the past. First follow-up in 2 weeks. So far, so good."

10 / 10

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sur...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
January 26, 2021

"Third update, been on Tapazole for 6 months, initially 3 pills, then the last 2 months 1 pill. A week ago I got a skin rash on my arm, the doctor told me to stop the med for 1 week until the rash gets better and he will prescribe me something else. Today I got called by the endo and told to do a blood test to check levels again. I got a call from the hospital and they told me my T4 went from 25 to 100 and my T3 from 7 to 30. They asked me if I had any palpitations or any other bad effects, I said no. They told me if I feel anything, go to the ER right away. Of course, with this news, my heart went up to 135 palpitations, so I went to the ER. The doc at the ER called another endo and I got prescribed propylthiouracil and back to propranolol. I can't believe 1 week of this will take me from 25 to 100, not even when I got diagnosed with hyper it was 33 only. Appointment tomorrow with my endo, I think I'll go radioactive iodine. Too many side effects."

6 / 10

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