Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1980 Page: 4 of 24
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*4_XHE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Taxat, Friday. Fab. 1, 1980.
New drug bites dust; hazard checks work
By JOE GRAEDON
An important new blodd
pressure medication just bit the
dust. And the saga of its
removal from the market is one
that should make everyone feel
more securer the .procedures
for detecting “unsuspected
prescription drug hazards
really work
-“Selatryn-H-tieranyferri ■ first
came out in May of 1979. This
drug represented.an umwrtant
new breakthrough for people
who suffered from both
hypertension and gout. Instead
of raising uric acid levels
i which can precipitate gout)
the way many ohter diuretics
do, it lowered them. And it
worked just as well in keeping
blood pressure down.
But this success story came
to a screeching fait Jan. 15.
Representatives from the Food
and Drug Administration
(FDA) and the manufacturer
met to discuss the disturbing
results of the adverse drug
reaction reports, They were
alarmed that doctors nation-
wide had seen 52 cases of liver
damage in patients using this
medication; apparently as a
result of an unusual type of
allergic reaction.
Five of these people died, and
though no one knows whether
Selacryn actually caused the
deathR, the feds and the firm
agreed that prudence is the
best policy.
Smith Kline and French
immediately suspended all
sales of the drug^ Pharmacies
•and hospitals will be sending
their stocks of the medicine
back to the maker.
If you are currently on
Selacryn, however, do not
panic The FDA and the drug
company urge you not to stop
using the drug on your own, but
get in touch with your doctor
promptly. He can prescribe
another medication to keep
your blood pressure under
control
Talking with a company
spokesman we were impressed
with Smith Kline and French’s
commitrhcnt to safety.
Naturally, this development is
a big disappointment to them
for they spent five years and
millions of dollars testing
Selacryn- carefully without
discovering this danger.
The research on any new
medication is a tremendous
Paris Junior College
boosts area programs
Paris Junior College is
continuing to expand its
programs in the broad area it
serves, the Rotary (Hub was
told Thursday.
Classes are now presented in
four centers outside the main
Paris campus, Kenneth Dailey
of Honey Grove, director of off-
campus activities, said.
They are in Mount Pleasant,
Bonham, Sulphur Springs and
Greenville.
Dailey said the school
maintains broad vocational and
arts programs in Paris in
addition to regular academic
courses Its enrollment is about
2,500
Vaden Richey was program
chairman for the meeting
Harold Reedy, manager of
the Borden plant here, was
welcomed into the club as a
new member by Gerald Prim.
Jeff Caldwell, honorary
student Rotarian for January
spoke briefly.
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gamble for a drug company,
since the compound could
prove to be unsafe or unsuitable
at any step along the way
Ticranyfen (Selacryn), for
example, was first developed in
France in 1967 Smith Kline
acquired it in 1973 and began its
But rats aren’t people, and in
this particular instance they
are apparently less sensitive
than humans to the hyper-
sensitivity reaction. -
Then, too, the liver damage
problem is relatively rare —
perhaps affecting only ‘about
manufacturer and the FDA,
has worked the way it was
designed to, promptly and
effectively to protect the public
health.”
The People's Pharmacy
By Joe Graedon
own extensive testing, which
eventually involved clinical
trials in about 4,000 patients in
27 different countries.
In these tests, which satisfied
the FDA’s rigorous
requirements for new drugs, no
cases of liver damage were
detected. And there have been
no reports of problems from
Europe, either, though over a
million people have taken
Ticranyfen since it was in-
troduced there in 1976.
How is it possible that in all of
this testing no one discovered
this dangerous reaction
sooner'’ Animal studies do pick
up many hazards, and
thousands of new drugs must be
abandoned at that stage.
one person in 5,000 taking the
drug. Clinical studies on 4,000
people just weren't extensive
enough to detect a reaction this
infrequent.
More disturbing is the silence
from other countries where the
drug is being used. We can be
proud that the adverse drug
reporting system used by the
FDA and the, firm turned up
information on the problem so
quickly.
We agree with Dr. Richard
Crout, director of the FDA’s
Bureau of Drugs, when he said,
"This is a responsible move by
the manufacturer, The public
should know that a good
reporting system, properly
utilized by physiciahs, the
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macologist, a consultant to the
Federal Trade Commission and
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Twenty-four Iranian students
at the University of Texas were
arrested Thursday as they
protested during a speech by
the former Iranian ambassador
to the United Nations.
UT Police Capt J.Y. Ban-
said the 24 were released and
the matter will,,be handled
administratively.
Fereydoun Hoveyday,
Iranian ambassador to the U.N.
from 1971 until the shah was
overthrown, delivered the
keynote speech in a . campus
symposium on the Middle East.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1980, newspaper, February 1, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824106/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.