Experiment 1122994
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Organism | Aristolochia clematitis (ARISTOLOCHIACEAE) |
| Citation | ANON:. (1982). CLINICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF DRUGS/DRUG EFFICACY/QUALITY,SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF DRUGS-ARISTOLOCHIA SPECIES AND ARISTOLOCHIC ACID.. () |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF AUSTRIA HAS INFORMED THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION OF A DECISION IT HAS TAKEN REGARDING THE USE OF DRUGS CONTAINING ARISTOLOCHIC ACID AS FOLLOWS: "IN CONSIDERATION OF VARIOUS REPORTS INDICATING CARCINOGENIC RISK AFTER USE OF DRUGS CONTAINING ARISTOLOCYIC ACID AND DRUG CIRCULAR NO.197, THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONSIDER THESE DRUGS HAVE NO JUSTIFIABLE USE HAVING REGARD TO THEIR APPARENT RISKS." "THEREFORE, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE USE OF HERBA ARISTOLOCHIAE AS WELL AS PREPARATIONS AND EXTRACTS THEREOF IS NO MORE JUSTIFIED. THE AUSTRIAN PHARMACISTS HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED ACCORDINGLY IN AUGUST OF 1981." "THE ONLY PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALITY ON THE AUSTRIAN MARKET CONTAINING THIS DRUG HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE MANUFACTURER IN JULY OF 1981." |
| Number | 1 |