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Recently, several drug firms produced a "super-aspirin"-a combination of aspirin and a small amount of steroid hormones -which is being publicized as a spectacular remedy for arthritis...
...some sufferers from rheumatoid arthritis, so often disappointed by over-optimistic claims for new treatments, there was good news. First, favorable impressions of the value of a new steroid, Meticorten (TIME, Nov. 15), have been confirmed, reported the Public Health Service's Dr. Joseph J. Bunim. The drug is five times as powerful as cortisone or hydrocortisone. Main trouble: the drug also causes unwelcome side effects, must be used under strict medical care...
...steroid called Viadril (chemical kin to cortisone and the sex hormones) shows great promise as an anesthetic, reported two University of California researchers. Dripped into the veins, it has been successfully used in 125 operations. If upheld by mass testing, Viadril could make surgery safer because...
Huang has been working on steroid research with Louis F. Floser, Sheldon Emery Professor of Organic Chemistry, and hopes to complete the project before leaving...
...artificial steroid hormones, made by Schering Corp., show great promise against rheumatoid arthritis. Named metacortandralone and metacortandracin, they are two to four times as powerful as cortisone and hydrocortisone and seem to produce fewer undesirable side effects. They may be generally available next summer...