My 18 y/o daughter was diagnosed in March 2008 with Graves Disease. The doctor gave her a prescription of medication for her racing heat rate and 30 mg of methimazole 2x a day and after about a month she all of the sudden started itching like crazy, even her eyes itches, her tongue and skin on her body and she lost her sense of taste. So the Doctor changed her to 100 mg of propylthiouracil 3 times a day and she had no more itching, but the loss of taste is still present and now she is having severe joint pain all over her body, to the point where it is difficult for her to walk comfortably. We've read sites that say the itching from the methimazole can be subsided if the dosage is lowered. The Doctor insists that the joint pain is not Graves or medication related, but what I've read is to the contrary.

I'm desperate to find answers and don't want her to have to end up getting the radioactive treatment or surgery. We are getting a 2nd opinion next week because I'm concerned that the endocrinologist we are seeing isn't as helping us as well as she should.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks