changing my own dose
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I have tried and tried to reach my doctor regarding having hives with my tapazole dose. I am currently taking 20 mg daily. I'd like to try 10mg in the am and 10mg in the pm to see if the hives die down. I don't want to take PTU because of the liver failure./transplant issues that come with it. Any ideas? suggestions?
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Hi nursespecialist, I used to get hives and itchy skin when I started taking Carbimazole (30mg/day). I heared this can be a side effect at higher doses.
Btw Carbimazole is transformed to Methimazole (the active ingredient of Tapazole) in the body.
I am pretty sure your endocrinologist won't mind if you split the dose (mine did not). It is actually better to do it, since you avoid spikes of medication in your blood stream. You just have to make sure that you take the prescribed dose over a 24 hour period.
For me the problem with itchy skin disappeared after the dose got reduced. To suppress the skin allergy in the initial phase I started taking Piriteze tablets (active ingredient cetirizine hydrochloride) and it helped me.
linda187 nursespecialist
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