BACKGROUND Acute dermatologic conditions are a concern for acute care practitioners. Comprising 1.4% of presenting complaints to emergency departments, most skin complaints are relatively benign; however, some conditions can be quite severe. Prompt diagnosis is essential to avoid unnecessary morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES To review drug-induced vasculitis. CASE REPORT We present the ca...

BACKGROUND There are five common, independent measures used to characterize taste function in humans: detection and recognition thresholds (DT and RT), suprathreshold intensity ratings of prototypical tastants, propylthiouracil (PROP) bitterness intensity, and fungiform papillae (FP) number. METHODS We employed all five methods to assess taste function of 65 women (21.5 ± 4 years, BMI 22.3 ± ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Differences in anthropometry and food acceptance among tasters and non-tasters of 6-n-propylthiouracil has been well studied in Western countries. However, reports on this issue from Asian countries are still limited. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Healthy Japanese students attending Nara Women's University (n=153) were recruited and classified into 3 groups based on taste...

Despite being a common condition in pregnancy, and despite propylthiouracil (PTU) being perceived as safer than methimazole, there are virtually no epidemiological controlled studies on malformation rate an neurobehavioral outcomes with the former. This knowledge gap must be filled to ensure fetal safety.

INTRODUCTION Propylthiouracil (PTU) has been used for the treatment of hyperthyroidism since the 1940s, but over the years reports of significant hepatotoxicity have come forth, particularly in children. This led to a black box warning being issued by the US FDA in 2009, followed by a similar warning by the European Medicines Agency and the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Age...

BACKGROUND Hyperthyroidism during pregnancy is treated with the antithyroid drugs (ATD) propylthiouracil (PTU) and methimazole (MMI). PTU currently is recommended as the drug of choice during early pregnancy. Yet, despite widespread ATD use in pregnancy, formal studies of ATD teratogenic effects have not been performed. METHODS We examined the teratogenic effects of PTU and MMI during embryog...

rats. Adding propylthiouracil or perchlorate to the diet during treatment with thyrotropin did not reduce or augment the goitrogenic response to thyrotropin in iodine-depleted rats. Increasing the level of circulating iodide also did not reduce the goitrogenic response to thyrotropin. The increased sensitivity of the iodine-depleted thyroid gland may provide an explanation for the development o...

A 27 year old female with Graves' disease presented with fever, exertional dyspnea and polyarthralgia. Erythema nodosum had occured three months earlier. The patient declared irregular use of propylthiouracil (PTU) for the last 8 months. Neutropenia and microscopic hematuria developed in the second week of admission. Chest X-ray showed inhomogenous pulmonary opacities, left pleural effusion and...

Backgr ound and Objective: To examine the acute effects of propylthiouracil (PTU) on corticosterone release by rat adrenal Zona Fasciculata Reticularis (ZFR) cells. Materials and Methods: Male rats were infused with alkaline saline or PTU (10 mg kgG1) via right jugular catheter. The blood samples were collected at 0, 30, 60, 120, 180 and 240 min after infusion. Rat ZFR cells were treated with P...

Accepted 27 June 1996 A 41-year-old man was evaluated in February 1994 for weight loss, tremor, tachycardia and goiter. Thyroid function tests and a thyroid scan were consistent with the diagnosis of Graves' disease and he was treated with propylthiouracil (300 mg/day). Two months later, the patient presented to the emergency room with a flaccid paralysis of all extremeties. At night he had exp...