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Does anyone know what the English name for this drug would be?
It's written as lorhidrato de pargeverina, but likely should be
clorhidrato de pargeverina?)
Thanks!
Shannon

should read english PARGEVERINE HCL Hydrochloride of Pargeverine, Antispasmotic, no longer used in Europe.

Peter
Shannon schrieb:

Thanks, Peter!
Do you know why it's not used--were there problems with it, or
marketing issues?
I'm not able to find much (nothing useful) on-line, and even the online
Merck Manual doesn't list it. Any idea why?
Shannon

Would that be Papaverin by any chance?
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, MD, PhD, NMD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".

Papaverin? I can't tell! Wen I google pargeverina I get bunches of
"hits", but all strikingly uninformative, most in Spanish, and most of
the English ones don't seem to actually mention it at all (so WHY are
they coming up at all??). So--I have no idea what it is. Except this
bit of translation:

Medical - unspecified
Spanish term or phrase: PARGEVERINA
it is part of a medicina
Zareer
English translation:Pargaverine
Es un medicamento y se usa como un antipasmodico, para aliviar los
espasmos abdominales... [[That part I can translate--"It's a medicine
used as an antispasmodic, to alleviate abdominal spasms." Odd, because
the person now taking it does not have abdominal spasms...]]

Shannon

May be here:

https://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/ma ... 3910-q.htm

maybe you can get access.

I found some sites blaming the pharmaceutical manufactures for selling this stuff to third world countries, which is no longer allowed in Europe, but no explaination why this esp. is harmful.

Peter
Robert & Shannon Nelson schrieb:

Hi Shannon,

I found out just a little:

It has been taken from the market in germany long ago (reason not
stated) but it is still sold by Boehringer in 3rd world countries. It
is an extract from parsley.

It seems you can also get it in on-line pharmacies. Was it prescribed
to the person by a doctor or did s/he get it for herself/from some
friend or such/pick it up OTC in some country?

It is listed everywhere as an antispasmodic remedey.

regards

Luise
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So definitely know what's true:
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Thanks, Luise!
It was prescribed for her by a doctor in Mexico.
Hm, extract of parsley doesn't *sound* too dangerous...??
Shannon

Hi Luise!

Where did you get this from? I found no relation between parsley and pargeverin?

Peter
Robert & Shannon Nelson schrieb:

Hi Peter,

just trust me:-)

Serious - I do not remember, but it was on one of the sites I found
when googling.

Regards

Luise
--
One thought to all who, free of doubt,
So definitely know what's true:
2 and 2 is 22 -
and 2 times 2 is 2:-)
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