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Is It Safe To Take Methimazole And Warfarin Together?
I went to a thyroid doctor yesterday and had blood tests done. I already in the past was diagnosed as having a low level rating of overactive thyroid. The thyroid doctor said at this point I do not need anything done yet. I have been feeling very fatigued, tired and not very good. I went today to a doctor and she prescribed methimazole twice a day 5 mg tablet. The information which I have states that methimazole intereacts with warfarin. I take warfarin 5mg. once a day. I am concerned about the twice a day doseage of methimazole 5 mg. Friends take Synthyroid half a tablet a day. Should I be concerned and should I call my thyroid doctor and ask if this methimazole 5 mg prescribed by a doctor today is okay.
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Methimazole may indeed increase the effect of Warfarin. How much it's going to affect it cannot be predicted on an individual basis. In such cases we have to balance the risk of any particular patient for bleeding complications - for example a patient who's over 65, drinks a few drinks every day, has uncontrolled hypertension and a history of major bleeding is at high risk for a new major bleeding event.
For a patient at low bleeding risk monitoring might be enough (measuring the INR during the first few days of concurrent use). For high risk patients perhaps reducing the dosage of Warfarin a bit might be more appropriate. Monitoring for a few days should be enough in most cases.
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Is It Safe To Take Methimazole And Warfarin Together?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Methimazole may indeed increase the effect of Warfarin. How much it s going to affect it cannot be predicted on an individual basis. In such cases we have to balance the risk of any particular patient for bleeding complications - for example a patient who s over 65, drinks a few drinks every day, has uncontrolled hypertension and a history of major bleeding is at high risk for a new major bleeding event. For a patient at low bleeding risk monitoring might be enough (measuring the INR during the first few days of concurrent use). For high risk patients perhaps reducing the dosage of Warfarin a bit might be more appropriate. Monitoring for a few days should be enough in most cases. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.