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Article: First Drug Treatment for Severe Sickle Cell Disease Announced
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- April 23, 1995
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Charlotte Smarte-Faal
Chicago Citizen
04-23-1995
First Drug Treatment for Severe Sickle Cell Disease Announced.
The first drug treatment for severe cases of sickle cell anemia was announced recently by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
A clinical alert is being used to U.S. physicians about findings from the "Multicenter Study of hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia (MSH)." The drug hydroxyurea proved so effective in reducing painful episodes or "crises" in adult patients with sickle cell anemia that the study was stopped on January 14 - four months earlier than planned.
In the study, daily does of hydroxyurea reduced the frequency of painful episodes and hospital admissions ...