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Antithyroid drug lowers mortality in alcoholic liver disease. (propylthiouracil)
Nutrition Health Review
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June 22, 1989
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Antithyroid Drug Lowers Mortality in Alcoholic Liver Disease
TORONTO, ONTARIO - Propylthiouracil, a drug used by patients with overactive thyroids, appears to protect alcoholics from the worst ravages of liver disease, according to a recent study by researchers from Toronto's Addiction Research Foundation and the University of Toronto.
The 310 patients in the study were heavy drinkers with clinical or laboratory evidence of liver disease who either consumed over 80 ...
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