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[Lipiodol therapeutic indications from 1901 to 1930].

Abstract
Iodine and iodide used to be very successful drugs, sometimes at massive doses. Highly iodinated oil such as lipiodol from Lafay discovered in 1901 were part of expanding the therapeutic use of iodine for various pathologies such as syphilis, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, leprosy, goiter... The present publication reviews unpublished documents and publications from 1901 to 1930 on lipiodol to give an overview of therapeutic indications for this agent and the rationale behind it. In some areas such as asthma, iodide was still in use until the eighties. Prevention and treatment of endemic goiter is the only remaining domain for the therapeutic usage of lipiodol. It is the only reason why this product is on the WHO essential drugs list.
AuthorsB Bonnemain
JournalRevue d'histoire de la pharmacie (Rev Hist Pharm (Paris)) Vol. 48 Issue 325 Pg. 101-16 ( 2000) ISSN: 0035-2349 [Print] France
Vernacular TitleLes usages therapeutiques du lipiodol, seule "huile iodee vraie", entre 1901 et 1930.
PMID11625682 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Historical Article, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Iodine Compounds
  • Iodine
Topics
  • Drug Therapy (history)
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Iodine (history)
  • Iodine Compounds (history)

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