Strumazol and pregnancy: is it dangerous? Read this if you have thyroid issues!

Can someone clarify this? Is Strumazol harmful to your unborn baby or not?

I've been taking Strumazol since week 14 because my thyroid levels were too high. I wasn't allowed to start before week 12 anyway, due to the endocrinologist's concerns about the effects on our baby. For extra caution, we waited until week 14. I have to see the endocrinologist every four weeks.

Hey Jill,

I just found out I'm pregnant, very early on, only 5 weeks.
I've been taking Strumazol regularly, but by coincidence I haven't taken any for the last month... Do you think the Strumazol I took before could still be in my body? I didn't take it during my pregnancy, only before.
Greetings, Marie

Hi Pieter,

I’m a guy and I’ve recently been diagnosed with an overactive thyroid (Graves’ disease). My partner really wants to have a baby soon, but how risky is this for a man taking medication?

My endocrinologist says there are risks involved, but she couldn’t really estimate how much if it’s the man (not the woman) taking Trumazol.

Best,
Pieter van Boxel

Hi, they also suspect my daughter has strumazol syndrome (well, I do, because doctors don't want to do anything about it). I only found out I was pregnant at 10 weeks, and unfortunately took strumazol for that whole time (12 weeks). At 20 weeks they saw that our daughter had an omphalocele (intestines sticking out of her belly button). She was born at 36 weeks and had surgery after a day. Later it turned out our daughter had severe breathing problems. A floppy airway and a narrowing she had surgery for. We got a saturation meter and oxygen to take home. She was very and severely ill. Even later she had surgery twice for a complex ear problem and has some unusual physical features. All in all, a reason to report this.

No experience, but it's so intense that it's not in the leaflet and doctors aren't even aware of it.