Is Methimazole toxic?

[Guest guest]

Well, I'm here to vent! Today I met the doctor you all have been

talking about. Next week it will be my one year anniversary of the

thyroid storm and GD diagnosis. After going up and down for the past

year, my labs are in normal range...for how long, I don't know.

My biggest problem right now is my blood pressure. It's still high,

so my GP sent me to an internist....in the phone book she is listed

as a doctor of internal medicine. So I had my appt this morning, and

almost walked out within the first 5 minutes. The first thing she

asked me was why I chose ATD instead of RAI, and if I had been her

patient I would have had RAI a year ago! She could not understand why

I would want to take something as toxic as Methimazole and she only

uses it on patients for a few weeks before they go for RAI. We got

into a heated argument about it and she kept saying that she couldn't

understand why I would want to do that and what kind of mental state

was I in to put something so toxic into my body.

When I asked her what she meant by toxic, she said that it causes

liver and kidney damage. I asked if that can't be watched by having

regular labs and she said that you can never tell when the organs are

being damaged.

She ended the argument by saying that give her a year and she would

have me convinced to go with RAI! Her story is that she has patients

that are 6 months post RAI and are fine. Why would anyone want to

poison themselves with Methimazole?

Then she took my blood pressure and said my pulse was over 100....I

wonder why???????? So she wants to see me again in 3 weeks to tweak

with my blood pressure medication and I am sure will be preaching

again about how I am poisoning myself with Methimazole.

I left there so angry and all I could think about was all the stories

I had read in this group....all too familiar. A year ago she would

have had me so scared I would have been running to RAI!!

So here's the question again....is Methimazole toxic? If not, how can

I convince her of it, or should I just cancel my next appointment!

Thanks

Lori