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DITIOCARB [1 record]

Record 1 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
CONT

Ditiocarb [is a] chelating agent that has been used to mobilize toxic metals from the tissues of man and experimental animals. It is the main metabolite of disulfiram.

CONT

Imuthiol (also called diethyldithiocarbamate, ditiocarb, or DTC) was ... withdrawn by its sponsor, Institut Merieux of Lyon, France, after disappointing results from a preliminary analysis of a large clinical trial in France ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
DEF

Medicamento empleado para estimular el sistema inmunitario, induciendo al hígado a producir hepatosin. Su nombre comercial es Imuthiol y sus principales efectos secundarios indeseables son sabor metálico que perdura uno o dos días, molestias abdominales, fatiga, náusea y reducción de la agudeza mental.

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