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. 1985;29(2):165-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF00547416.

Long-term low dose ticlopidine treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: effects on serum sulphydryl levels, technetium index, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and clinical disease activity

M G Grimaldi

Long-term low dose ticlopidine treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: effects on serum sulphydryl levels, technetium index, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and clinical disease activity

M G Grimaldi. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1985.

Abstract

In 22 patients with rheumatoid arthritis oral ticlopidine 250 mg/day for 18 months induced clinical improvement, confirmed by a significant decrease in the counts of involved joint. A significant decrease was observed in the technetium index (Tc-index) and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and a significant increase occurred in the serum sulphydryl (SH) levels. The long-term changes in serum SH and Tc-index produced by ticlopidine may represent a specific antirheumatic activity of this platelet-inhibiting drug.

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