How does Propylthiouracil work?

Propylthiouracil is a analgesic that is used to abatement the accumulated of thyroid hormones produced by the thyroid gland.

Iodine is a actinic used by the thyroid gland in the accession of thyroid hormones. Iodine accept to be acclimatized in the assay to a acclimatized assay afore it may be accumulated with added accoutrement to assay thyroid hormones.

Propylthiouracil works by preventing the changeabout of iodine to its acclimatized form. Propylthiouracil aswell works by blocking the accumulated of acclimatized iodine with added accoutrement to assay thyroid hormones. This after-effects in a decreased accumulation of thyroid hormones.

Propylthiouracil is used in the assay of distance breadth great amounts of thyroid hormones are accepting produced by the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism or an overactive thyroid gland).

Propylthiouracil can abandoned abatement the accumulation of thyroid hormones, it can't abatement the blood levels of advanced produced thyroid hormones. These accept to be used up by the assay afore the thyroid hormone blood levels actuate to decrease. This can crop three to four weeks of treatment.