One case of serious lack of neutrophils induced by methimazole
LI Wen-fei
JIA Li-hua
Abstract：A 40-year-old female patient with hyperthyroidism had taken methimazole (10 mg, tid) for 1 month and developed severe neutropenia. Methimazole was stopped and injection of recombinant human granulocyte stimulating factor was given to the patient. About 11 days later, white blood cells count was 5.54 ×109·L-1 and neutrophils count was 2.4 × 109·L-1. It is necessary to strengthen medicine education of methimazole and be aware of related risk factors of drug induced diseases in time. Once the clinical manifestation was suspicious, suspected drug should be withdrawaled and effective therapy should be applied to the patient.
Keywords：MethimazoleNeutropeniaMedicine education
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 194-196 )