VIOFORM IN DERMATOLOGIC THERAPY
- 1 August 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 58 (2) , 224-230
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1948.01520210134020
Abstract
THE QUINOLINE derivative known as "vioform" (5-chloro-7-iodo-8-hydroxyquinoline) has been extensively used internally for the treatment of amebic dysentery. Although European dermatologists1have long recognized the value of "vioform" in the external treatment of skin diseases, the usefulness of this compound in external dermatologic therapy has not yet received full recognition in the United States. Only a few references2can be found in the literature of this country. It was not until 1944 that the "New and Nonofficial Remedies" of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association included the mention of the external therapeutic use of "vioform".3 The mode of "vioform's" therapeutic action is not known, and the indications and value of the drug have been established almost exclusively on an empiric foundation. Based on personal experience which extends over twenty years and on direct observations which include several thousand cases, we believe thatKeywords
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