Suramin

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Suramin or Suramin sodium is a medicinal drug developed by Oskar Dressel in 1916. The molecular formula of "suramin sodium" is: C₅₁H₃₄N₆Na₆O₂₃S₆. It is used for treatment of human sleeping sickness, onchocerciasis and other diseases caused by trypanosomes. Suramin is admistered by a single weekly intravenous injection for six weeks. The dose per injection is 1 g. Most frequent adverse reactions are nausea, vomiting, urticaria and less often renal damage and exfoliative dermatitis.

External links

• Drug information (http://www.drugs.com/cons/Suramin.html)
• Suramin, drug information by JBC Online (http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/273/20/12281)
• Suramin in treating patients with recurrent bladder cancer (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00006476?order=11)

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