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Show NEW DRUG DISCOVERED Anti-Allergy Medicine Battles Colds There was new hope for cold sufferers. suf-ferers. An industrial physician reported that an anti-allergy drug has been found effective in controlling common-cold symptoms. Dr. Halstead G. Murray said that 75 per cent of 494 persons treated during early stages of colds reported re-ported "they were cured or had .their symptoms alleviated." The drug, pyribenzamine hydrochloride, hydro-chloride, was administered in 50 milligram tablets at four-hour intervals in-tervals at the onset of a cold. The drug is used extensively in the treatment of hay fever. It is classed as an antihistamine because it neutralizes histamine, an irritant substance released by the body in allergic reactions. Checking results, testers found: |
