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Pentosan polysulfate

Pentosan polysulfate
Drug information
Systematic (IUPAC) name
Chemical data
Mol. mass658.608
Bioavailability?
Metabolism?
Half-life?
Excretionurine
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat B
Legal status ?
RoutesOral, intramuscular, intra-articular, intraventricular

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Pentosan polysulfate (sold under the name Elmiron by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, inc.) is the only oral medication approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of interstitial cystitis, also known as painful bladder syndrome.

Pentosan polysulfate Video

Veterinarian Dr Andrew Hunt BVMS, B.Sc., B.Rur.Sci. (Hons) is a senior partner at Morphettville Equine Clinic in South Australia and has been an attending clinician for the Australian Equestrian Team for over 10 years, including residency during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Here he discusses his use of products containing: - Pentosan Polysulfate - Pentosan Polysulfate + N-Acetyl Glucosamine - Pentosan Polysulfate + N-Acetyl Glucosamine + Hyaluronic Acid.
2.95 min. | 5.0 user rating

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New Treatments Present Innovative Approaches To Painful Bladder, Chronic ... - Medical News Today (press release) Tweet this news
Medical News Today (press release)--The drug was proven to be more effective at one year than -pentosan polysulfate-. Patients were given 2mg/kg/day to 3 mg/kg/day, with dosage decreased gradually (as tolerated) following symptom improvement (or based on - Date : Wed, 18 May 2011 11:13:26 GMT+00:00
Belfast man with vCJD dies 10 years after first diagnosed - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times--It was not until two years later and after a campaign by his father Don Simms that legal permission was given for him to receive injections of -pentosan polysulphate- directly into his brain to slow the onslaught of the disease. ... - Date : Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:47:25 GMT+00:00
Treating bone spavins - Horse & Hound Online Tweet this news
Horse & Hound Online---Pentosan- polysulphate (Cartrophen) has cartilage protecting properties and is licensed for use in dogs but not horses. There is no large clinical study in ... - Date : Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:13:38 GMT+00:00

Vasoprotectives (C05)

Antihemorrhoidals for topical usecorticosteroids (Hydrocortisone, Prednisolone, Betamethasone, Fluorometholone, Fluocortolone, Dexamethasone, Fluocinolone acetonide, Fluocinonide) local anesthetics (Lidocaine, Tetracaine, Benzocaine, Cinchocaine, Procaine, Oxetacaine, Pramocaine) other (Tribenoside)
Antivaricose therapyheparins or heparinoids for topical use (Organo-heparinoid, Sodium apolate, Heparin, Pentosan polysulfate) sclerosing agents for local injection (Monoethanolamine oleate, Polidocanol, Invert sugar, Sodium tetradecyl sulfate, Phenol) other (Calcium dobesilate)
Capillary stabilising agentsbioflavonoids (Rutoside, Monoxerutin, Diosmin, Troxerutin, Hidrosmin) - other (Tribenoside)



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