title: Gold salt in the treatment of bronchial asthma--a double-blind study.
abstract: The efficacy of gold salt on bronchial asthma was investigated by double-blind design in 79 patients. The rate of improvement was significantly higher in the gold-treated group (20/28) than in the controls (16/36). This was reflected by greater reduction of requirement for symptomatic medications. Only mild side effects were observed in 14 patients out of 38 gold-treated patients.
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D006052:Gold Sodium Thiomalate