[Experience in the use of ditrastic in the therapy of psoriasis].

Abstract

Forty-six patients suffering from psoriasis have been treated with ditrastic, a new drug for external application, manufactured by Orion, Finland. The drug is manufactured in the form of sticks weighing 2.4 g, containing 1.5 or 3% of dithranol, paraffin, and microcrystalline sulfur. These sticks are applied to psoriatic plaques once daily. The treatment has been effective.

• Authors: I Ia Shakhtmeĭster, O Ia Kaukhova, N A Kunin, E M Shablinskaia, L G Kozyreva
• Journal: Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii (Vestn Dermatol Venerol) Issue 3 Pg. 52-3 ( 1989) ISSN: 0042-4609 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Opyt primeneniia ditrastika v terapii psoriaza.
• PMID: 2741547 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Drug Combinations
• ditrastic
• Sulfur
• Paraffin
• Anthralin

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Anthralin (therapeutic use)
• Drug Combinations (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Paraffin (therapeutic use)
• Psoriasis (drug therapy)
• Sulfur (therapeutic use)