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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1988-9-6
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pubmed:abstractText |
The efficacy and side-effects of Deca-Durabolin (DD) were tested, in a double blind fashion, in twenty female primary Sjögren's syndrome (1 degree SS) patients. Ten randomly assigned patients received DD (100 mg IM bi-weekly) for six months, and ten others placebo, for the same period. Analysis of the results revealed that the DD-treated patients showed a moderate improvement of subjective xerostomia, a significant decrease of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and an overall improvement of their feeling of well-being, -judged by themselves and the investigator subjectively-, when compared with the placebo group. All the sicca objective parameters (results of Schirmer's I test, slit lamp eye examination after rose bengal staining, stimulated parotid flow rate measurements and labial minor salivary gland histopathology) were not significantly altered in either group. The clinical side-effects were the expected ones, i.e. hirsutism, hoarseness and an increase in libido, more pronounced in the DD-treated group. At the end of the study, one DD-treated patient, developed a diffuse well-differentiated B-lymphocytic lymphoma, which regressed spontaneously three months later.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0392-856X
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
6
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
53-7
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Double-Blind Method,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Hirsutism,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Hoarseness,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Libido,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Lymphocytes,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Nandrolone,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Pilot Projects,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Salivary Glands,
pubmed-meshheading:3396249-Sjogren's Syndrome
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Nandrolone decanoate (deca-durabolin) in primary Sjögren's syndrome: a double blind pilot study.
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pubmed:affiliation |
University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Greece.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Clinical Trial,
Randomized Controlled Trial
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