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Abstract
A variable mixture of the mono- and disodium salts of gold thiomalic acid used mainly for its anti-inflammatory action in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It is most effective in active progressive rheumatoid arthritis and of little or no value in the presence of extensive deformities or in the treatment of other forms of arthritis.
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- Mercaptobutanedioic Acid Monogold(1+) Sodium Salt
- Sodium Aurothiomalate
- Sodium Gold Thiomalate
- Sodium Thiomalatoaurate
- Aurothiomalate, Sodium
- Gold Thiomalate, Sodium
- Sodium Thiomalate, Gold
- Thiomalatoaurate, Sodium
- Aurolate
- Aurothiomalate
- Gold Disodium Thiomalate, Monohydrate
- Gold Thiomalate
- Gold Thiomalic Acid
- Miocrin
- Miocrisin
- Monogold (1+) Disodium Thiomalate
- Myochrysine
- Myocrisin
- Myocrysine
- Tauredon
- Thiomalate, Gold
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
92; was GOLD THIOMALATE 1973-91 (Prov 1973)
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- Gold (1966-1972)
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- National Library of Medicine. Gold Sodium Thiomalate. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006052. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006052
- Gold Sodium Thiomalate. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20885557