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The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Wednesday about the risks of serious liver injury seen with propylthiouracil, a drug used to treat overactive thyroid glands or Graves' disease.

Propylthiouracil is considered second-line treatment but is used when patients can't take another drug, methimazole.

The FDA said it saw an increased risk of liver injury with propylthiouracil when compared to methimazole.

Doug

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