We are herein submitting the results obtained with a group of 13 nonmongoloid, oligophrenic children after 180 days' treatment with DAT, and we have compared the results with those of a control group that received...
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We are herein submitting the results obtained with a group of 13 nonmongoloid, oligophrenic children after 180 days' treatment with DAT, and we have compared the results with those of a control group that received only conventional treatment. The children were examined before and after the treatment by means of the Binet-Simon tests, which have been standardized by Kuhlmann, and the Wise and Terman Merrill test. The control of organic lesion was determined by the Bender test. The variation mean of the control group was 0.08, and that of the DAT-treated group was 0.954; 0.874 was the mean difference, and 0.543 and 1.205 were the degrees of reliability. The difference between the results obtained from the DAT-treated group and the one that received conventional medication was significant (P equal 0.01). None of the 13 cases treated showed any signs of toxicity.
In fifteen patients affected by essential nonvibratory tinnitus, local applications in the external auditive canal of 2 ml medicated DMSO spray were made. The spray solution contained DMSO integrated with anti-inflamm...
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In fifteen patients affected by essential nonvibratory tinnitus, local applications in the external auditive canal of 2 ml medicated DMSO spray were made. The spray solution contained DMSO integrated with anti-inflammatory and vasodilatory substances. This application was repeated every four days for a month. At the same time each patient was administered a daily intramuscular injection of a preparation that contained DMSO and a vasodilatory component. The therapeutic effect was evaluated through the subjective modification of the symptom and functional tests of the auditory system. Of the fifteen patients treated, the tinnitus symptom completely disappeared in nine, and did not return during a one-year observation period. The patient's symptoms diminished in two cases, and in four cases the permanent tinnitus became occasional, triggered principally by environmental cold. It is important to note that among the concomitant signs, the five patients with vertigo noted improvement. Hypacusis diminished in three of the six patients affected. Insomnia disappeared in eight and diminished in seven cases. The rise in the average tympanic membrane temperature from 36.8 degrees C before to 37.9 degrees C after treatment was noteworthy. This could indicate an improvement of the blood flow in the inner ear.
DMSO has multiple known pharmacological properties. In addition to those referred to include: cryoprotective action, radioprotective effect, influence on serum cholesterol in experimental hypercholesteremia, and plate...
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DMSO has multiple known pharmacological properties. In addition to those referred to include: cryoprotective action, radioprotective effect, influence on serum cholesterol in experimental hypercholesteremia, and platelet aggregation antagonism. How the multiple properties of this chemical affect therapy in clinical medicine must yet be explained. It is clear, however, that DMSO does affect biological systems, and that this influence has many clinical applications. Perhaps one of the most interesting and significant properties of DMSO is its ability to move other drugsthrough membranes. When mixed with DMSO, many drugs appear to be potentiated in their physiologic effect; thus smaller doses are required and less toxicity is demonstrated. In cancer chemotherapy, this value already has practical use. Some of the studies to be reported in this monograph will describe additional, almost unbelievable observations. Perhaps the mechanism of action of these clinical phenomena will be found in one or more of the pharmacological properties described. It would not be surprising, however, if we were to conclude with a resolution to search for new explantations of the mystery of DMSO, for it would appear that DMSO is really a new principle in medicine and cannot always be measured by existing standards.
The aim of this prospective randomized study was to compare the clinical and cosmetic outcome of superficial basal cell carcinomas (BCC), using either laser or broadband halogen light, in photodynamic therapy with top...
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The aim of this prospective randomized study was to compare the clinical and cosmetic outcome of superficial basal cell carcinomas (BCC), using either laser or broadband halogen light, in photodynamic therapy with topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). A total of 83 patients with 245 superficial BCC were included in the study. Standard treatment involved 15 min of local pretreatment with 99% dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) before topical application of 20% ALA with DMSO (2%) and ethylendiaminetetraacetic acid (2%) as cofactors for 3 h before light exposure with either laser or a broadband lamp (BL). A complete response was achieved in 95 lesions (86%) in the laser group and 110 lesions (82%) in the BL group 6 months after treatment. Of these, 80 lesions (84%) in the laser group and 101 lesions (92%) in the lamp group were independently evaluated to have an excellent or good cosmetic post-treatment score. No serious adverse events were reported. This study shows that there is no statistical significant difference in cure the rate (P = 0.49) and the cosmetic outcome (P = 0.075) with topical application of a modified ALA-cream between light exposure from a simple BL with continuous spectrum (570-740 nm) or from a red-fight laser (monochromatic 630 nm), Cost and safety are further elements in favor of the BL in this setting.
The action of a medicinal spray that contains anti-inflammatory and bacterio-static drugs integrated with the penetrating and potentiating agent DMSO has been evaluated clinically in 60 infants with acute respiratory ...
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The action of a medicinal spray that contains anti-inflammatory and bacterio-static drugs integrated with the penetrating and potentiating agent DMSO has been evaluated clinically in 60 infants with acute respiratory obstruction. A dose of 2 ml of this spray is applied in the posterior pharynx and the tonsil region; 1 to 4 applications are made, according to the clinical evolution of the case. Two groups were chosen at random; 60 patients were paired off, and one of each pair received the treatment with DMSO spray. All the patients received ampicillin (50-100 mg/kg body weight). The following clinical results were observed. First there was an immediate recovery, after an average lapse of 30 min; improvement of sensorial involvement was observed in 80% of the cases, reduction of the intercostal retraction in 75%, reduction of polypnea in 76%, and transformation of the obstructive syndrome into a catarrhal syndrome in 80% (with fluidification of the secretions, which were expelled more easily by the upper air tracts). There was also a deferred or maintenance effect, which evaluated in comparsion with the control group that received similar treatment except for the nebulizations with DMSO spray. A sequential design, based on whether or not it was necessary to use the croupette, demonstrated the superiority of the DMSO spray over the control treatment in the bronchiolar process; in the group treated with DMSO spray it was not necessary to use the croupette. The sequential design based on the effect of this therapy on the general condition and the tabulated clinical factors permitted the inference that the therapeutic responses are more favorable in the group treated with DMSO spray than in the control group. In the sequential design, the line of significance is cut at the fifteenth pair (an error of 0.05 and P equals 0.95%). Since the application is easy, there are no toxic side effects and in view of the favorable results in the clinical evolution of the acute respirat
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